"I was racing" "I was faster" "I overtook him" "I won" SAVAGE

“I was racing, i was faster, i passed him, I won” Isnt that what they’re supposed to do?

Whos here after Vettel finished P2 today and got his first podium with Aston Martin.

In those years the phrase: "doing a Vettel" was referring to taking pole position and bolting away from turn 1 to never been seen again in the race. Nowadays "doing a Vettel" is referring to spinning, sadly. In my opinion it's doing his skill so much unjust.

Brundle also had a line earlier on that was "Well people say he only wins because he has the best car, well Webber is a great driver and he is 30 seconds behind" I think that is the quote to define that era of Vettel.

fun fact: he aged 20 years in the last 5 years.

Champions are ruthless. "If there's a gap and you do not go for it, in my opinion, you're no longer a racing driver" - Senna

I loved Seb when he won, loved him when he lost, and loved him for multi 21.

Fun fact : Vettel never lead the 2010 championship until he won it in the last race.

People hated Vettel because of codemasters. "Can anyone match Vettel?"

Had the turbo hybrid era not dawned, Vettel would have been easy 8-9 time world champion.

Imagine Hamilton and Vettel in the Mercs.. that would just be evil

All I hope for is when his last season of F1 inevitably comes, he is competitive again and goes out with a bang.

You gotta remember that RedBull dominance was not Merc dominance to acknowledge how amazing Vettel was

Him saying he saw he was fast so he passed reminds me of the qoute from Senna. "if you dont go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver"

F1 fans "oh my god I can't believe Seb disobeyed team orders" Also F1 fans "you know, Bottas should really ignore team orders" He was quicker, end of the story. Schumi and Senna would have done the exact same thing and you lot would have praised them

Crowd: *boos at Vettel* Vettel: I'm hearing a strange mooing noise...

Vettel only ignored Multi 21 because Webber didn‘t help him in Brazil 2012, Cristian Horner said this in the F1 podcast

Running with 37 laps old soft tires explains it all..

People back then: "It was the car" "It was Newey" Lewis Hamilton himself: "Vettel dominance is boring" People now: "OMG! I am so offended how dare you say it is the car?!!! I am triggered! It is all Hamilton not the car! AHHH!" We Live in a society

He is already a legend in my book, very few drivers could win wdc, let alone 4 of them back to back

Its always interesting to see how fans change their minds on drivers. When Vettel, Schumacher and Hamilton first appeared on the scene everyone cheered that they have a potential to be a future champion. But once they became the dominant force in the sports, everyone starts hating them

Seb and Schumacher are my favorites. I wish Seb one last title before he and I both retire from the sport.

Seb maybe arrogant and ultra-competitive on track, but just watch his interviews, he is such a nice guy off-track

I really appreciate how you showed that he doesn't get the respect he deserves. He deserves a lot. And he's a funny dude.

There's a huge difference between the Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG dominance and Vettel/Red Bull Racing-Renault dominance.

He was criminally overhated when he was a champion

Every time someone becomes a multiple-time world champion, people are like "yeah just because of the car". Obviously, it's the combination of the two, and one doesn't exist without the other

He made Mark Webber look like a B-rate driver. From 2011-2013, Seb got 29 wins, Mark got 3....

Some people say Red Bull had the best car but in 2012 Webber finished 6. in the Championship

Funny how Brundle doesn’t say the same about Hamilton when both vettel and Hamilton had the best car on the grid

I loved him when everyone was hating him. Now, I want that ruthless Vettel back.

the thing i love about Vettel in his prime (and the reason why i love em more than Lewis in his prime) is his character. If you watch Vettel’s interviews or speeches, like his Top Gear interview, Autosport awards speeches, etc. I don’t know, he’s just such a lovable person :)

Why would a 3 time world champion settle for second place? Team orders are so stupid I swear

In a car that's perfectly suited to his driving style he's one of the best. His problem has always been that he's not adaptable enough. That's why his form fluctuates a lot from season to season

2011 is probably the season that best sums up Vettel's prime, and even career. That 2011 Red Bull was *fast* , but it never seemed to be more than a tenth to 3 tenths a lap over the likes of McLaren and Ferrari most weekends. Paul Hembery (Former Motorsport director and then Executive director at Pirreli) mentioned how coming into 2011, that Vettel was the only driver to visit the factory and study the tires to try and gain an advantage, and based on Webber and Vettel being neck and neck all 2010 and then Webber being miles off in 2011 whilst struggling with tires, I'd say it paid off considerably. Vettel has never been the fastest driver or most talented driver like Hamilton or Alonso, but his work ethic and the effort he'll put in to gain any advantage he can is what seperated him even further from the rest of the field. Ironically it's a similar strategy that someone with almost the exact same career stats as him had, Alain Prost.

2019 German GP, Vettel started last, finished second, when all the other "talents" crashed and lost... hope he gets back to Red Bull...

I have mixed feelings about his “arrogance” back in his time with Red Bull. Yes he disobeyed team orders and did everything that would benefit only himself but come on.. he’s a F1 driver. He’s there to win, not to finish 3th or even 2th. Only the top step is what counts for the real champions. Look at Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc.. they’re not satisfied unless it’s number 1. Even (looking at Hamilton) when they’ve already secured the WDC. So I kind of like his arrogance, he’s there to win and not to follow.

I wish he returns to his old form with the new 2022 cars.

I was watching this when he announced his retirement. Thanks for everything Seb. The greatest prime of all time.

No matter what happens in his career now, it is undeniable how good he is or was. This man won four consecutive titles, that is not something to be overlooked.

Thanks for this video, agreed Vettel doesn’t get the respect he deserves. It’s amazing how quick people point to the car with Vettel, and point to the driver with Hamilton. Mercedes has been way more dominant than red bull for these past years. I guarantee if you had put another top driver, like Vettel, in that Mercedes for these past years he would have won every title as well But I think that’s beside the point. I feel that when Vettel is in a car he doesn’t like, whilst still being a good driver, he isn’t amazing - and prone to mistakes. He doesn’t have Alonso-esque traits of pulling something out of a car he doesn’t like. However if you put him in a car he likes, everything suddenly just clicks, and then I feel he is unstoppable. In a car he likes, I don’t think that anyone can even come close to him. He just has supreme confidence, and I remember him driving away, breaking drs within 2 laps, disappearing up the road and setting fastest laps for fun. In his championship winning years, and especially 2011 and 2013, I think if you had Hamilton, Leclerc, Ricciardo, Alonso, Verstappen - whoever as his teammate it doesn’t matter. Vettel would still have won. That’s where his real strength lies. When he’s in the zone he truly is unbeatable. He just doesn’t get the love and respect he has earned. Imagine if some 19 year old rocked up and took pole and a race win in a Toro Rosso in their first full season today people would lose their minds. I just hope he gets another chance to prove to everyone why he’s a true champion

I think Seb needs a calm environment. Then Seb will back in his prime.

Winning 4 consecutive world titles is a massive feat, and for that he should always be known as one of the very best

I remember being a 10-13 year old watching vettel - at least half the races on the calendar he would pull a one second lead on the FIRST LAP. Forget getting it by lap 3 so no one behind him would have DRS on him, he did it in one lap. Man was unreal.

I think Vettel is with out a doubt one of the best, I do feel the era b4 Hybrids was absolute perfect for Sebastian's style of racing, he likes a super high force and light car, once the weight added to the cars he's only gone backwards, He never was able to chuck his car around or drive a loose type style and I feel F1 is now no longer a perfect match for him anymore but I HOPE I'M WRONG.

A racing legend, and the most lovable human being in the paddock. Thank you Seb for the example of how to be your real self in this postmodern, social-media era!

Seb and Kimi's comments on the podium at Abu Dhabi 2012 ....gold

Yes but the singles years seb "dominated " where 2011 and 2013, in 2010 seb never lead the championship, except on the last race and in 2012 seb had a good car but not 100% reliable, if you remember Valencia and Monza that year, where he lost 2 clear wins. That proves 1 thing, yes he had a good car but dame he has talent and determination the races that clearly showed everyone his talent was the 2012 Belgium gp, from last to podium, Brazil 2012 (with in my opinion was seb's best drive ever. And there is many more races. So saying that he is champion only because of the car is not fair(im talking to all his haters)

You should make one on Kubica. People seem to have forgotten how good he was at Renault and Sauber

Back then : Finally something other than a red bull on pole position Now : Finally , a red bull on pole position

Vettel is one of the most underrated racers of all time he was unbelievable in his prime but what makes him truly great was that he had to fight for atlest 2 of his 4 world titles 2010 was a Magnificat f1 season it really was it was a season that saw the championship lead change 10 times but in the very end it was Vettel who triumphed over 4 other drivers who could have easily taken the title that season 2012 was an even better season one of the greatest of all time you had 7 different winners in the first 7 races, my hero the great Michael Schumacher showed glimpses of the old magic by qualifying on pole position and finishing a brilliant 3rd in Valencia and the racing all the way through the season was epic and then it all came down to the final round once again for the world title this time it was at my favourite track Brazil and it was an unforgettable thriller all the way through and yet still after all the chaos Vettel triumphed once again Vettel is one of the greatest of all time hands down

Seb is my favourite driver, I love for once someone respecting him for what he has done and not hating him for no good reason. I love this video.

Bad title. 2019 German GP Vettel drove flawlessly while everyone skating and sliding

"Nice guys don't become World Champions." I disagree. Jenson Button is an absolute class act and appears to be a generally lovely human being.

Good video of the best driver of his era. We see how Hamilton dominates in the Mercedes but I have never seen the epic driver/car combination that Vettel and Red Bull gave us in 2013. Nine straight wins. And that was just one championship out of four. I do hope Vettel bows out honourably, in a winning car. He and the sport deserve it.

10:36 Correction: he didn't match Schumacher for the most consecutive wins in a season. Just total wins in a season (like you said) But Schumacher never won more than 7 in a row (however he did 12 out of 13, which is damn good as well 😄) Vettel's 9 matched him with Ascari (unless you count the American GP on an oval in 1953 in which Ascari, like half of the F1 field, didn't even participate. He won 9 consecutive races that he participated in. 7 before, and 2 after that American GP) Whether you count that as 7 or as 9 for Ascari, Vettel is the only driver to date who won 9 in a row in one season

You hear it, week after week, he's driving the car and managing the strategy at the same time. Ferrari have let him down way more than he's let the team down. I don't think "prime" is the right word. Maybe in 2019, he wasn't in peak form, but form can return.

I love how the english commentators Love when Hamilton is dominating, but hate Vettel when he was dominating

I started watching f1 on 2013 and that’s where I fell in love with f1, watching vettel winning made me both happy and sad, as I wanted Alonso to win. But vettel is probably one of the reason I love f1 he’s just too good

I remember hating his guts in 2009-2015 cuz he was just so good (mclaren fan boy here) and now I am rooting for him since 2016 cuz I was tired of how dominant mercedes and Hamilton are.

He is incredible, I think his style though really was better fit for those RedBull cars that Newey built. 13 wins in one season, 4 straight championships. Just amazing.

In Brawn's most recent book, he made the same comment about Vettel not getting the credit for winning.

If car was the reason then Lewis Hamilton also got no talent.

I started watching f1 in 2019, so this kind of vids really help me to understand more about the sport💪🏼

In the bad and the good, Vettel will always be my driver, only thing I think, he shouldn't have gone to Ferrari, that's my take

I never lost love for Seb. He will always be one of my favorite F1 drivers no matter what

The same combination thats has made W. C. since the beginning of the sport: Good Driver + Good Car + Good Team = 🏆

4 time world champion, no question from me. Every legend has his own time.

I think vettel still has more to offer. That fire he had all those years ago at red bull is still there.

He got pole position and won in the same race under rain with a fucking torro rosso. He won 9 consecutive races! This is how good he was

Such a good video! I grew up a massive Schumacher fan and I always thought that no one could match Schumi. But there he was, another German kid, a friend of Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel. What a driver. Schumacher and Vettel are definitely my favorite F1 drivers of all time. Unfortunately like many other drivers, his Ferrari time was not as he hoped to be… still a F1 legend forever!

I just cant understand fans who dont aknowledge the brilliance of him. For me, as a german I am obviously fanboying, but I think I have a few fair points, which are mainly covered in this video. I want to touch on a new thing anyway and maybe discuss it a little bit: I am generally curious, whether people believe that Hamilton is way beyond Sebs level, because Hamilton is British and Seb is not. Sounds rude, but let me explain. As a formula 1 fan, the media you consume is mostly british. It is normal that the media exaggurates a little bit about sportsmen from their country. I dont want to blame them for that, it is naturall. In germany, Seb was hyped like none other in his prime, too. But people who are not from germany dont consume german media (obviously). Hamilton though is hyped by his fellow statemen, but people from every country listen to the opinions of these experts, who make him out to be in the top 3 of formula 1 ever. Dont get me wrong, I also believe that Hamilton's level of skill is slightly above Vettels, but when I hear phrases like "you cant even compare these 2 drivers anymore", I get really upset. Comparing the dominance of Red Bull with Merc, I think it is fair to say that the car of Mercedes during the last years (exception 2018) was more dominant than any Red Bull car in the 2010 - 2014 era. Vettel got absolutly hated for his dominance back then, but Lewis isnt. Comparing the dominance, Lewis couldnt secure every world championship in his dominant car and was beaten by Nico Rosberg (I know he had but luck, but Nico put himself in a position to capitalize on that). I think 2016 is quiet comparable with 2010. With the difference, that although Vettel suffered bad luck during the year, he was able to maximize his chances and win the world champion ship. Both drivers made history in dominant cars, with Mercedes dominance beeing longer than the dominance of Red Bull, why do people say that you cannot even compare these 2 legends. I hope I made my points clear and didnt set anybody up with my opinion, since it is kind of hard to get a message across properly over writing. Again, I believe Lewis is one of the greatest ever, but I think that Vettel is as well. I am very open for debating about this.

Hope Toto crazy enough to have Vettel for next season.

Him finishing P5 at monaco where they debuted their new car is just very impressive.

It hurts so much to see that this man is probably going to leave F1 after 2020. We will love you Seb❤️, forever

he is my favorite driver and I follow him since 2008... I will always support him until his last day and beyond... Very good video...

Hes still in his prime. BUT mentally he is not

Thank you for this review. I almost forgot how excited I am back in those years...

I started watching F1 mainly because Vettel was popping up frequently in the newspaper holding a bottle of champagne and a trophy during the 2011-2013 period. Sometimes there was a picture of him celebrating and the picture redbull car from the behind, which was really beautiful to watch. It quickly became my interest and I've fallen in love with F1 ever since.

Vettel's prime ended at the same time as the beginning or the hybrid era and when Michael Schumacher got his ski accident.

Then Lewis started winning so they began hating him instead

Love your videos. So, good. Everything on point. Brilliant. Keep up the good work

the truth is f1's hybrid engine regulations killed his prime time

Germany P20-P2 in the wet was underrated change my mind.

I actually think, the moment he broke was the Monza 2018 qualifying. Until then it was very easily possible, that he, not Hamilton, would become 5times world champion. Most people say, that Germany that year was his breaking point, but let's not forget, that he won Belgium right after that with a great overtake over Hamilton. But I just think, that from that on he didn't feel Ferrari's 100% support anymore, because they made that (in my opinion ridiculous) decision of him being a toe to Räikkönen. Now, of course you could argue, that a 4time world champion should be above that, but I think the pressure you have when driving for Ferrari and the feeling of being let down by his team, somehow just made him really uncomfortable in racing. Before Monza 2018 he drove brilliant races every season, since then I can't remember any race, where it was just pure Vettel-Brilliance. And yes, of course he has won Singapore 2019, but his move on Gasly there could have very easily ended up in tears. So, I would say, he still has the potential to be in his prime again, but he needs an environment, where he feels good and 100% supported by his team. I don't know, if Ferrari can provide that environment, but then again, I also think, that no other team can.

I was there at Vettel's first race in the US grand prix, and I remember watching his first win in Monza, amazing stuff!

He’s still in his prime and the near future will show it

Well he was always special the moment he won in Monza. He's naturally fast... way faster than most drivers. Its usually the unwanted errors and lapses that cost him, lots of podium finishes gone to waste. But he surely is on my top 5.

Vettel reminded me of Schumacher and thats why I liked him. Hamilton and Schumacher are/were just as ruthless, they had just as dominant cars and I would also add that Mercedes/Ferrari as a team and strategy management were amazing. So if you say Vettel wasnt that good or didnt deserve it, then Schumacher and Hamilton dont deserve it either. Stop with the hate, support who you support, be it a specific driver or team, and just appreciate that we could see these great drivers compete.

one of the best of all time for sure, and a pure winner at heart with incredible skill

I travelled from South India to North India to watch the Indian GP 2013 and the moment after the race literally made me shout and bring tears of happiness

Brundle on Vettel when Webber couldn’t even finish P2 against him: it’s all Newey and the car Brundle on Hamilton when Merc have 1-2d 5 out of the last 7 championships they won, one of which Lewis lost to his teammate: LEWIS IS THE GOAT ALL HAIL GOD LEWIS HED EVEN WIN THE TITLE IN A HAAS OMG LEWIS PLZ PUT IT IN DEEPER

He is one of the all time greats.

I remember growing up watching vettel every weekend. I had my dad buy me the documentary or the f1 season movie thing about mostly him. I think it was called victorious vettel

Great video! People tend to see him as just a driver who makes a lot of mistakes and forget how amazing he was. I remember what Martin Brundle said about him live when he did make a mistake in the 2011 Canadian GP and Button overtook him: 'Sebastian Vettel finally showing he's human'.

For me peak Vettel was Singapore in 2013, he was on a complete other level that race.

Who's here after Vettel's second place in Baku 2021? :) He's back

Superb work! You show here exactly how it was (and how it is) with Vettel. 👍👍😄

I agree with everything you said about sebastian and he is my favourite driver either, i wish i could see him for one more time as an 5 times champion in his red but unfortunately i won't, now as the ending of his career i just want to remember his redbull years which were absolutely amazing and i felt like a really happy guy watching my first and last one favourite driver being a 4 times champion in F1