Nuerburg - Vettel Mania at the ring! Not only the six friends from Frankfurt, with their shirts VETTEL intone the new battle cry of the Formula 1 (to the tune of "Atta girl, BVB!") On the party street in the village in the Eifel.
Everywhere, blue caps, flags, Red Bull overalls. Race like "Little Red Riding Hood" are now a fringe group that fans of high-flyer Sebastian Vettel (22) give the tone at the Nurburgring. Schumi-land is now Vettel-land!
Young, fresh and cheeky. Like her idol show the supporters who come not only from long-Hesse. EXPRESS meets on the Ring Boulevard, the food stalls and campsites Vettel fans from the Eifel, the Rhine region and the world. Many supporters, our "super-Seppi" in Asia, Sebastian Vettel, the Tribune-T6 (the Red Bull fan pack was sold out in a few days) is the epicenter of good humor.
"The fans here are great, of course, they give you an extra boost," Vettel is overwhelmed by the wave of enthusiasm, says almost embarrassed: "I see myself not as a star, but wants them only on a good show. But in the end you have to hide everything around them and concentrate on what really matters. "
Down to earth, as it is stayed, the carpenter's son with daddy Norbert also here at the ring in the camper. While not among his fans at the campsite, but he comes to them whenever he has a couple of minutes.
So on Thursday, where he stood in the autograph session at the new Paddock Shop EXPRESS-Rainer Gerhard winners from Bergisch Gladbach and answer questions. "What do you expect of yourself here on the Ring," wanted to know the race fans. "A victory, of course," said Vettel, grinning.
And to the question by a reporter what he lacks, his role model and mentor Michael Schumacher still knew saucy Seppi an apt answer: "The chin." The laughter, he has clearly on his side. And Schumi admired the ease of the Red Bull pilots.
