Nick Heidfeld has admitted that Sebastian Vettel’s forthcoming dominance was not obvious when the back-to-back world champion’s F1 career began four years ago.<\/p>\n
In 2007, a then teenage and boy-like Vettel was BMW’s Friday driver, supporting racers Heidfeld and Robert Kubica.<\/p>\n
“That Sebastian would dominate formula one was not foreseeable at the time,” Vettel’s German countryman Heidfeld, who earlier this season lost his Renault seat, told the German language Auto Bild.<\/p>\n
In 2006 and 2007, before his race career began, Vettel often topped the Friday practice times but he was usually testing with fresher engines and tyres than Heidfeld and Kubica.<\/p>\n
“With empty (fuel) tanks he had good times but compared to Robert and I he was too slow,” insisted Heidfeld.<\/p>\n
“Sebastian did a decent job on the Fridays but his potential was not easy to see.\u00a0 He performed solidly but the car was good for more.”<\/p>\n
The comments could explain why BMW so helpfully released Vettel into Red Bull’s hands for his Toro Rosso debut, with Heidfeld conceding that since then, the now 24-year-old has been “simply unstoppable”.<\/p>\n
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