...I had to break early and lost positions as a result and obviously was not in the greatest... in the best position on approach of turn four. I got a hit from behind and [suddenly] saw the field coming straight at me and found myself sitting duck as a Geisterfahrer (German term for drivers, who enter the motorway in the wrong direction) in turn four, which wasn't ideal. Doesn't matter much, I continued immediately, noticed that things seemed reasonably ok, front wing was still there...
I think we were surprisingly quickly back up front, the conditions helped us a bit. When it started to dry it got harder for us, because, well, we had a lot of damage on the car. There was nothing we could do on the straight, which is why I couldn't overtake much.
Err, yeah,... Ferarri tried to do their best to use Felippe as a bit of a road block... err, yeah... generally... we had all sorts of stunble block thrown in our path, but in the end it worked out. With the rain at the end we could make up a lot of time again. The pitstop... the timing was a $hit as possible. Well, in the end it was meant to be, we never lost faith in making it, even when we were facing the wrong way in turn four. We could continue, didn't give up, didn't lose faith,... I still have no clue at all what to say...
Ebel: Yeah, one has to try sorting all that out first, with all that has happened. Surely Mark Webber wasn't as big a help in the team as Felippe Massa has been for Fernando Alonso then comes the Nephew of Ayrton Senna and piles into your car *here in Brasil*. What went through your mind in such a moment?
Vettel: (laughs somewhat awkwardly)
Ich had before... don't know... we'll have to see... The grave of Ayrton Senna is here in Sau Paolo, on the cemetery in Morumbi. Maybe I should visit it and tell him what his nephew has done there... [all accompanied by somewhat strained laugher] (It's abit of a wordplay on 'Geh doch petzen', which is the German counterpart to 'Cry me a river' in essence it meant 'maybe I should go and cry Ayrton a river') ... it of course didn't help much, but in the end we can say it didn't matter because all worked out at the end. It was of course a pity at the time, because we lost a lot of ground, no doubt and we lost pace due to the damage on the car, but as I said it was meant to be. The rain at the end was a big help. A lot of people were convinced that we wouldn't have a chance in case of rain, but the exact opposite proved to be the case.
Ebel: And Jenson Button helped, too. If he would've retired it would all have been over with a bang. I think one could show some gratitude and send send a case of red wine from Hesse (Vettels home region) to Daddy Button.
Vettel: (again tries to find a suitable answer to that complete drivel of a question, covers up with awkward laughter)
I don't think this is a case of thanking others, we had a hard enough time out there. Everybody did his own race today. Congratulations of course to Jenson. Don't know what happened to Lewis, he suddenly stood there after turn 4...
Ebel: Crash with Hülkenberg
Vettel: Ah, ok...
Erm, yeah, Woulda, coulda, shoulda doesn't matter in the end we did it, that's what counts. And a lot of weight fall off [my shoulders]
Ebel: You finished on Inters, but, maybe you can tell us, why did you change to the slicks shortly before that? That make it even more thrilling in the end.
Vettel: It certainly didn't help, no. Our tires were in bad condition and the pace wasn't there when it dried. We knew that rain was about to come, I wanted to stay out another lap, but we also had lost the team radio - now that *really* helped, especcially when it starts to pi$$ down,
Ebel: To rain. We all know the new FIA language codex
Vettel: (sarcastically)
Yeah, well make sure you adhere to it then. Yeah, well, and straight back in the next lap. I was yelling "Inter, Inter", but nobody was there. They were all too busy trying to unwrap the tires. Anyway, a completely crazy race, you can't stage it any crazier.
Ebel: Our Champion! Three times world champion. That begs the question, how big a blast you'll have tonight?
Vettel:
We'll see. There're a lot of people in line (other interviewers) who are waiting. But we'll think of something. Last but not least I want to send greetings back home, thank you for keeping your fingers crossed ('thumbs pressed' in German). I'm sorry if it (the excitement) made some of you fall off the couch, in the car it was no less thrilling. I'm very proud of the team, the whole team. I think this year was a very hard year for us. Especially in the later races it was visible that the others tried everything. In a way I was brought up with 'lies have short legs' (German sying, meaning that lying/cheating or any other misconduct doesn't get one very far) and 'Honesty gets you farther'.
