{"id":19721,"date":"2013-10-31T07:01:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T11:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19721"},"modified":"2013-10-31T07:01:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T11:01:36","slug":"vettel-not-ready-to-lift-throttle-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/vettel-not-ready-to-lift-throttle-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Vettel not ready to lift throttle in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fourth title is already in his pocket, but Sebastian Vettel is not ready to lift the throttle in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Sebastian-Vettel-car-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2013-rif-images\/f1-2013-drivers\/Sebastian-Vettel-car-1.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>That is the claim of Red Bull&#8217;s Christian Horner, who said the German driver and the Austrian team is targeting victory at the final three races in Abu Dhabi, Texas and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like three FA Cup finals,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;We want to win every race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A win under the floodlights at spectacular Yas Marina this weekend will see Vettel match a record set by Michael Schumacher at the height of Ferrari&#8217;s dominant &#8216;noughties&#8217; era.<\/p>\n<p>Only Alberto Ascari, with 9 wins on the trot, has won more consecutive races than Schumacher (7) and &#8211; if he triumphs in Abu Dhabi &#8211; fellow German Vettel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have never worked with Sebastian,&#8221; Schumacher told Sport Bild this week, &#8220;but we are very similar in our approach and our attitude.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It may be that he copied some aspects from me, but he has been on his own level for a long time now,&#8221; the seven time world champion added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Records are made to be broken,&#8221; said Schumacher.\u00a0 &#8220;That&#8217;s what sport is about.\u00a0 So why should it be any different for mine?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s great that someone that I know so well for many years, and who I like, is the one who can do it.\u00a0 To that extent I am very relaxed,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Former F1 driver Mika Salo, who in 1999 subbed at Ferrari for an injured Schumacher, thinks Vettel may now be racing past the legendary German.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vettel&#8217;s superiority at the moment is completely incomprehensible,&#8221; the Finn told the broadcaster MTV3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, I don&#8217;t remember seeing something like it in F1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Schumacher won a lot of races by being a smart and ruthless driver, but Vettel is winning now just with brute speed,&#8221; added Salo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fourth title is already in his pocket, but Sebastian Vettel is not ready to lift the throttle in 2013. That is the claim of Red Bull&#8217;s Christian Horner, who said the German driver and the Austrian team is targeting victory at the final three races in Abu Dhabi, Texas and Brazil. &#8220;It&#8217;s like three &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[2999,128,5262,5340,92,104,129,164],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19722,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19721\/revisions\/19722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}