FRIDAY AM, FIRST PRACTICE A quick glance and you might think Vettel is tuned to his favourite ‘in-the-zone’ playlist. But look closer and you’ll see his headset is wired to the team comms channel. Vettel is chatting to race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin, going through last-minute preparations, before taking his Infiniti Red Bull Racing RB10 for its first lap of 2014 at Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.
THURSDAY AM, signing Formula One drivers are always in demand, and when you’re the champion – not to mention the four-time champion – well, there’s a scarcely a second you can call your own. From the moment Vettel steps from his Infiniti road car to walk up to the Albert Park paddock gates, he’s mobbed by fans and media. Still at heart a private, quiet kid from Heppenheim, Germany, the adulation of the masses is something he admits he has always found a particular challenge. the red bulletin
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