Sebastian Vettel - One of the greats!

I was hooked to F1 at very young age. Perhaps at the age of 4 when i heard about the death of Senna. Very soon after that my cousin, he had in his room, on whole wall picture, extra big one of Ayrton Senna. That big that his eyes were big as much as couch pillow and you could see his eyes very clearly and he used to say how great he was, how no one was close to him or could catch him. The way he spoke i think the way he idolized him, to me that was so powerful, something, mystical.

 Year later i was watching full race for the first time with him, but it was not before 1997 when i started to watch regularly and cheer for Michael Schumacher, opposite of my cousin choice Hakkinen, Schumacher who happened to be driving for the only other car i new as a kid apart from Mercedes, Ferrari. How i started cheering for him is another matter, but i have always been for the underdogs.

At the time while other kids on my age couldn't distinguish trucks from cars i was using words like racing, Ferrari and of course, Schumacher.
I fell in love with the sport very early on. The cars were not just machines, the drivers were not normal human beings or least athletes. They were gladiators. They were there to win. At all costs. I was 8-9 years old and i already appreciated those characteristics.

I was following the sport very closely and i followed Schumacher too, till his retirement in Brazil, 2006. All after that race and that season was very fast losing it's meaning. I couldn't watch F1 races, i missed Schumacher. It was empty feeling. I think i continued to watch just of the thought that i didn't want to see Alonso succeed and i wanted to be there and see if and when he fails. People who watch F1 know why Alonso. I was always for the driver, not the car even though i knew Ferrari before i heard about Schumacher. And (that empty feeling) that was all about to change, and it was in front of my nose even before i knew it ...

In 2005 already was spoken about a kid that has been granted F1 test as a gift cause he was the rookie of the season where he was driving at the time and eventually he was way faster than they thought and even faster than some veteran of F1. His name was Vettel and he was only 16. At that age i could only drive bicycle or in front of computer. In 2006 he became full time BMW test driver and in 2007 after Kubica accident in Canada he was granted an F1 seat in the team of BMW Sauber as replacement. As i am writing this i cannot comprehend how i feel that the accident of Kubica in far 2007 seems to have happened like just 5minutes ago. I remember what i said when i saw the accident i know where i was where i was sitting and how i felt. Like happened just literally 5 minutes ago.

Sebastian Vettel arrived in F1 as the youngest ever to participate in a Grand Prix. He finished the 2007 US Grand Prix in points making him the youngest ever to win a point and to do so on a debut race. I was sitting on a couch with a friend and we both spoke about that kid. We both agreed he would become something special. And i even wished that he could be "next Schumacher" for me, or at least that i could start once again, to watch F1 like i used to do for so long, because ever since the moment Schumacher crossed that line in Brazil for the one last and final time, all i wanted was that someone new could come and be just a little bit closer to him to how he was and that was year and a half before!

When Vettel year later in 2008 with Toro Rosso team who replaced Minardi, got 4th place in rainy China it was eye opener again and when he won on rain sometime later in Monza with that same team of course, starting from the pole and leading every lap of the race, that was it. At that moment i knew i had my “next Schumi”. Right after the race articles and comments started to arrive as to how Vettel was close with Schumi, how Schumi was his idol and so on. I knew my wishes has been answered!

Later in 2010 when Vettel became champion people who know me were asking me "Why Vettel, why not Alonso? He drives Ferrari. But you are always for the best!" ... now thinking about that, it's like they didn't know me at all!
Jean Todt once said, "while i am in Ferrari Alonso will never drive this car" and it was when he left that later Alonso joined. Everyone i knew since kid, who were for Schumi now were for Alonso and Ferrari, but i couldn't. To me, that was like being a traitor. I enjoyed seeing Vettel beat Alonso. Every pass every win over him or even far more precious title, like in 2010 and 2012, it was like Alonso paying debts to Schumi.

Vettel from 2010 to 2013 dominated Formula 1 exactly like his mentor once did. I suddenly started going through the things i have been 10 years ago from '00 to '04 when he(Schumi) was winning "in the best car" and people, cried :) 

He drove on his debut with car that he is never going to drive again. Just like Schumi did.
For his 2nd race he went on to drive for a team that was no engine manufacturer. Just like Schumi did.
He went on to win his first pole & victory with that team. Just like Schumi did.
He won a race in his 2nd year in the sport. Just like Schumi did.
He won his 1st title after 4 years in the sport. Just like Schumi did.

In many things he was exactly how they called him “Baby Schumi” and I couldn’t wish for anything more!

What Schumi did not do was, to win 4 titles in row, like Vettel did at the age of 26.
By the age of 26 Sebastian Vettel had 4 world titles, 39 victories and 45 pole positions. Staggering numbers, benchmark that I doubt anyone will ever surpass. By the age of 26 he had only two drivers in the history of the sport with more titles than him, ever lasting Juan Manuel Fangio and his and mine childhood hero and now his friend, Michael Schumacher.

Ever since he won his title in 2010 and with all being said about him and Schumi now, by the end of March 2011 i knew he is going to drive one day for Ferrari. In 2011 i was in Barcelona just 2 months after that and visited Ferrari store. There i bought flag of Ferrari, in the name of all those years of supporting Schumacher and the Prancing Horse, the same one he(Vettel) will wave at his first victory 4 years after (Malaysia 2015) Back then in 2011 I intended to write "Vettel" on it and to show up with it in Hungary year later but the trip was canceled. When he announced to be leaving Red Bull and to join Ferrari, it was dream come true. He is there where he belongs!
That’s how I see it that’s how I think of it, that’s the only thing in which I want to believe in.

The video is created in honor of Sebastian Vettel and his career so far for which we are going to write so much more. This Is only the beginning. He has 27 years only.

The video is created from 27 different videos all over the internet.

I hope you enjoyed the video.

Proud Vettel fan ever since Monza 2008 & very easily US 2007