According to a certain Stirling Moss, Sebastian Vettel is the modern incarnation of five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
"Vettel is a modern Fangio, really, in Formula 1. I can't see, other than his natural ability, how he is that good, how he can be that good," Moss was revealed saying on Autosport.com.
The former Grand Prix-winner sees in Vettel the same appetite as the one he witnessed, driving alongside the Argentinian for Mercedes-Benz, back in the 1955’s days.
"Fangio went around and took what he wanted and one took whatever was left."
Judging the work of fellow Brits Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, Moss didn’t seem biased at all.
"[Lewis and Jenson] are up there, but not as far as [Vettel]. He is a damn good world champion I can think of a lot of other people who get to that position and they don't give back as much as they get out, but he really does," he said.
"Vettel is a modern Fangio, really, in Formula 1. I can't see, other than his natural ability, how he is that good, how he can be that good," Moss was revealed saying on Autosport.com.
The former Grand Prix-winner sees in Vettel the same appetite as the one he witnessed, driving alongside the Argentinian for Mercedes-Benz, back in the 1955’s days.
"Fangio went around and took what he wanted and one took whatever was left."
Judging the work of fellow Brits Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, Moss didn’t seem biased at all.
"[Lewis and Jenson] are up there, but not as far as [Vettel]. He is a damn good world champion I can think of a lot of other people who get to that position and they don't give back as much as they get out, but he really does," he said.