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F1 star Vettel toasts success with...pyjamas |
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Saturday, 25 April 2009 |
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany's rising Formula One star Sebastian Vettel, bidding to win Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, revealed Saturday he has celebrated his new found fame by buying...pyjamas.
"My great dream is to become world champion," Vettel told German television channel RTL.
"The amount of money I have in my account doesn't play any role in that.
"Here in Bahrain, I went to a shopping centre and I bought some pyjama bottoms.
"It might be a modest purchase, but I find them comfortable."
Vettel hit the headlines last year when he became the youngest driver to claim both a pole position and win a grand prix when he triumphed for Toro Rosso in Italy.
And he followed that up with the second triumph of his career when he won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai last weekend with Red Bull.
The 21-year-old is paid around 3.5million euros (4.6m US dollars) by his Formula One team Red Bull, but he insists he is not dreaming of a more elaborate purchase like a yacht.
"That is a bit too much," admitted the shy German, who says he does not feel like the star he has become and is still surprised when fans approach him for autographs.
"I just like to do my own stuff, I enjoy life and I live for my sport, it is still a surprise when a fan approaches me."
Vettel says he never got into Formula One racing for the money and is just happy to fulfill his dream to race.
"I have made my hobby my occupation," said Vettel, who admits he misses his parents and younger brother when he is away.
"If you wake every day with the feeling you can live your life without constraints, that is the best in the world.
"The travelling around the world is part of the job, but home is the nicest place to be."
And Vettel says he now treasures the racing suit he wore in Shanghai last weekend when he won the Chinese Grand Prix in the rain.
"Who knows, in five or ten years time, I can look back and say I wore that suit in my first triumph with Red Bull," said the German.
"Of course, some tail wind helped and you have very little time before you have to concentrate on the next race."
Source: AFP
Source(image): Reuters
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