Adapted from GMM
Stefano Domenicali is "incredibly mistaken" if he believes Sebastian Vettel is not among F1's true leaders.
That is the view of Gerhard Berger, who as Toro Rosso co-owner in 2008 stood on the Monza podium when the young German became the sport's youngest ever winner.
Ferrari team boss Domenicali this week said Vettel, 24, "is still not a leader ... like Michael and Fernando. He is simply too young and lacking in experience".
Asked about the comments, Berger told the Austrian news agency APA: "Then he (Domenicali) is incredibly mistaken. If somebody has those (leadership) qualities then it is Sebastian. He showed it already with Toro Rosso and developed even further with Red Bull. It's not a question of age. For his age, in his head he is far ahead."
Another of Vettel's developed qualities, said Gerhard Berger, is his calm under pressure. "He makes no more mistakes," he said.
Gerhard Berger continued: "Mark Webber, for example, is a very good driver but under pressure he is not as strong. For Vettel many factors have come together -- speed, diligence and meticulousness. He combines them all to get the optimum points possible."
Three years ago, the boy-faced German was just 21 and a rookie when he shocked the formula one world by winning at Monza. The victory also shocked Franz Tost and then Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger.
Gerhard Berger recalled: "It was amazing as Vettel won with an Italian team and a Ferrari engine. It's a pity Toro Rosso have not gone on since then, but I'm too far away from it now to know the reasons."
As Sebastian Vettel returns to the scene of his F1 breakthrough, he recalls 2008 and the biggest pay-day of his career until then.
"My victory bonus in the contract was very, very high," Blick newspaper quotes Sebastian Vettel as laughing.
Stefano Domenicali is "incredibly mistaken" if he believes Sebastian Vettel is not among F1's true leaders.
That is the view of Gerhard Berger, who as Toro Rosso co-owner in 2008 stood on the Monza podium when the young German became the sport's youngest ever winner.
Ferrari team boss Domenicali this week said Vettel, 24, "is still not a leader ... like Michael and Fernando. He is simply too young and lacking in experience".
Asked about the comments, Berger told the Austrian news agency APA: "Then he (Domenicali) is incredibly mistaken. If somebody has those (leadership) qualities then it is Sebastian. He showed it already with Toro Rosso and developed even further with Red Bull. It's not a question of age. For his age, in his head he is far ahead."
Another of Vettel's developed qualities, said Gerhard Berger, is his calm under pressure. "He makes no more mistakes," he said.
Gerhard Berger continued: "Mark Webber, for example, is a very good driver but under pressure he is not as strong. For Vettel many factors have come together -- speed, diligence and meticulousness. He combines them all to get the optimum points possible."
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| Gerhard Berger and Sebastian Vettel on the podium at Monza 2008 |
Three years ago, the boy-faced German was just 21 and a rookie when he shocked the formula one world by winning at Monza. The victory also shocked Franz Tost and then Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger.
Gerhard Berger recalled: "It was amazing as Vettel won with an Italian team and a Ferrari engine. It's a pity Toro Rosso have not gone on since then, but I'm too far away from it now to know the reasons."
As Sebastian Vettel returns to the scene of his F1 breakthrough, he recalls 2008 and the biggest pay-day of his career until then.
"My victory bonus in the contract was very, very high," Blick newspaper quotes Sebastian Vettel as laughing.