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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing

Italy 2014 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing

  • Published on 01 Sep 2014 08:39
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  • By: Rob Veenstra
Sebastian Vettel: "Italy offers a lot: good food, nice places and I think this is the reason you will find a lot of Germans on the beaches there for their holidays! I spent a lot of time when I was young karting in Italy so I got to know a few places like Lake Garda, Napoli in Northern Italy, and Parma, which has a great karting circuit. The level of karting is quite high in Italy because there are a lot of manufacturers there. I have some friends in Italy from the karting days and also Toro Rosso so it is nice to go back there. For me one of the best places is obviously Monza for the race circuit, which is one of the fastest tracks we go to. The 5.793 km long track has brutal deceleration points, is especially tough on the brakes and the tyres are also heavily loaded, especially in the fast corners such as the Curva Grande and Parabolica. It is extremely difficult in Monza to get a perfect lap because it is almost impossible to hit every curve and every chicane in the way you want."

Daniel Ricciardo: "The biggest challenges at Monza nowadays are the braking zones. The first chicane is the ultimate example: you're coming down to that first chicane at the highest speed an F1 car will reach all year and you're braking into one of the tightest corners you'll take all year. Added to that you’re doing this with the least amount of downforce you'll have all year – which means the car tends to slide around quite a bit as well as taking longer to stop. You can't afford to lock a brake but equally you can't lose time by being too eager on the pedal. It demands that you are really focused all of the time. I'm not really that keen on super-long straights; I find them a little dull compared to hammering through a series of demanding corners but Monza is the exception to that. There's something about flashing through those trees in front of that massive crowd that definitely gets the pulse all the way up! Also the crowd in Monza is wild. Obviously it's full-on Ferrari but in the past they've always been very generous to me. I'd love to get the opportunity to stand on that brilliant podium and find out!"
F1 News Daniel Ricciardo Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

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