Vettel and superstition: “Always have coins with me”

“I always have coins with me,” said the Ferrari driver in an interview with Welt am Sonntag: “At my first race in 2007 in Indianapolis, I went for a morning run to warm up and found a cent. I've always carried it with me since then."

Other talismans include a silver coin with the motif of St. Christopher, the patron saint of drivers, and a metal lucky pig. Some lucky charms “that fans gave me are also part of my constant travel luggage.” But his superstition has “lost a bit,” said Vettel, who turns 32 on Wednesday: “When I used to see a black cat running across the street from the right, I would immediately turn around. Now I see everything a little more calmly." He also “used to” have the opinion that “if I wish other people good luck, I would then give credit from my happiness account.”

Basically, the Heppenheimer is of the opinion that “everyone is the master of his own happiness. I don't think that when someone has a run like Mercedes is doing at the moment, people say they were just lucky. This has nothing to do with luck. When people say something like that, I take the wind out of their sails because I know from my own experience how much work is involved in such success. You have to have the greatness to recognize the successes of others fairly.”

Vettel is also an emotional person. The last time he cried was “at mine Wedding " Mid-June. After winning his first title in Abu Dhabi in 2010, he was still in tears in the racing car. “In the last two years I also cried after the end of the season. In 2017 I sat in my room with the helmet on my head for 20 minutes. Apparently I'm built closer to the water than I'd like to admit. Defeats tend to make me cry,” explained Vettel, who is already well behind five-time champion Lewis Hamilton (England/Mercedes) in the drivers’ standings after a weak start to the season. For Vettel (contract until 2020) it remains the “ultimate triumph” to become world champion with Ferrari.

In the Qualifying on Saturday Vettel was unlucky for the Austrian GP, his teammate Charles Leclerc took pole. The race starts on Sunday at 15.10:XNUMX p.m.

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Vettel and superstition: “Always have coins with me”

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel relies on a variety of lucky charms.

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