2011 was as tough as 2012: Vettel

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel said his victory at the 2011 championship was just as tough as his triumphant win in this year’s championship, according to ESPN.

Last season, Vettel won 11 races and failed to make the podium on just two occasions - he won the championship in the 15th round. This year he clinched the title by just three points in the final race of the season.

Despite enjoying such a dominant campaign in 2011, Vettel said that in both years, he and Red Bull ‘had to work very, very hard’ to win the championship. “I’m not bothered by the fact that people look back to last year and say it was easy, because it wasn’t,” said Vettel. “And it wasn’t straightforward.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 9^th, 2012.