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F1: No Manager, No Problem For Vettel
Sebastian Vettel wants to stay the same person he's always been...
SPEED Staff / GMM  |  Posted March 10, 2010   GMM Newswire
Sebastian Vettel. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Sebastian Vettel is widely considered to be the future of Red Bull Racing. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Despite being a favorite for the 2010 world championship, Sebastian Vettel still has no plans to hire a manager.

As a boyish rookie with BMW and Toro Rosso a few years ago, the now 22-year-old German has always handled his own Formula One career and says he will continue to do so.

"People say 'oh, you need a manager to get you into adverts or to make you more money'. But I'm fine," the Red Bull driver told the Guardian newspaper.

"I want to make my own decisions," he added.

Vettel admitted that contractual negotiations can be a peculiar experience, but is yet to encounter a situation that requires the assistance of a professional manager.

"Sometimes it's funny because, in a negotiation, you can sit at a table with some very experienced people in their sixties. But you soon forget about your age and you do your best," he said.

Asked if he has ever made any mistakes as a manager, Vettel added: "No, I don't regret any step I've taken so far.

"The problem with Formula One and football is that so much money is involved. Formula One is big business and, unfortunately, everyone is too caught up in his own interests and what ends up in his own pocket.

"For some people it is just business. And that's a big problem. You can't always say what you'd like to say. But the important thing for me is the racing -- and to stay the same person I've always been," he added.

Vettel also insists he gets along well with his outspoken Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.

There were rumors of discord during last season when they shared the competitive RB5, and just a year earlier, following a collision, Australian Webber slammed Vettel for being one of F1's "kids" who "do a good job and then f--k it all up".

This week, 33-year-old Australian Webber again dismissed F1's new generation as not "real men".

"Every now and again - whether it's a Lewis Hamilton or a Sebastian Vettel - they can come in and do a good job," he added.

Vettel - who insists he has "never had a problem" with Webber since their Fuji crash - said: "You know Mark, he is not afraid of saying what he thinks.

"Of course I want to beat him every time, and he wants to beat me, but we get along well," he added.

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