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F1: Vettel Vows To Keep Attacking Amid Criticism
Sebastian Vettel says he'll keep driving hard even as critics question his aggressive style...
SPEED Staff / GMM  |  Posted September 09, 2010   GMM Newswire
Sebastian Vettel is third in the Formula One standings. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Sebastian Vettel has vowed to keep attacking in 2010, despite the wave of criticism about his rate of errors in recent races.

The 23-year-old German's most recent gaffe was his crash into fellow championship challenger Jenson Button at Spa, earning McLaren's rebuke that he has become F1's "crash kid."

But Vettel told German language Speedweek that he is not now going to drive more cautiously as a result.

"Racing is not a coffee break," said the Red Bull driver.

"I go to the grid to win if it is possible. But you have to attack; you can't just wait for it to happen."

Vettel admits his Spa-Francorchamps maneuver on Button went badly wrong, and phoned his British rival to apologize.

But he will be racing with an unchanged attitude this weekend at Monza.

"I always try to attack, so in that way nothing is going to change," said the German. "You always have your head switched on and everyone weighs up the risks. I know that both myself and my car are fast enough to win."

Vettel also rebuked teammate Mark Webber's suggestion that the time is nearing for Red Bull to choose a No. 1 driver.

Webber, just three points off the championship lead with six races to go, is 28 points clear of Vettel in the drivers' standings.

After finishing second at Spa two weeks ago, the Australian suggested that Red Bull might be wise to favor him if the team wants to win the 2010 title.

But Vettel hit back at that plan in an email interview with the Associated Press published on Thursday.
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"For a driver this makes no sense - you don't give up trying to win the championship until it's mathematically impossible," he said. "For the team it makes no sense to favor one if that means penalizing the other because you need both drivers scoring maximum points to win the constructors' championship.

"With two drivers close in the championship it is too dangerous to choose."

The bad news for Vettel is that even Helmut Marko, who is thought to get along with the young German more than with Webber, can see that it is in Red Bull's interests to eventually back the driver with the best championship prospects.

"After Monza we will sit down all together and assess our championship chances," the team consultant is quoted by Kleine Zeitung newspaper.

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