ABU DHABI PODIUM
DC: Don’t you cry on us, Nico!
NR: I’ll thank everybody else afterwards… unreal.
DC: I can see the tears and we understand why. We
do have to wait until a week on Friday until you are
announced as champion but this time 34 years ago this
was a similar time for the Rosberg family?
NR: Yeah, very, very proud to have done the same feat as
my dad achieved, he’s going to be coming in about half an
hour I think, so it will be exciting to see him.
DC: Fantastic, well Nico, we’ll come back to you. We;’ll
leave you with those thoughts. Now, Sebastian Vettel – it’s
been a while, you’ve not been here since Monza.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, we’ve aged!
DC: I have, you look wonderful. Where have you been?
Why has it taken this long? That was an amazing strategy
and you really came back and pushed these guys hard.
SV: Well, before I answer your questions, congratulations
[Nico]… it was tough out there in the last couple of laps. I
didn’t want to be in his shoes. I was trying to get close and
have another go because I was thinking to, why not pass
both of them, if Lewis is going that slow in front? But it was
difficult because my tyres were also dropping more to the
end. But you mentioned the strategy obviously. Bit stuck at
the beginning of the race, couldn’t really unfold my pace, I
was starting to get a bit frustrated but once I had clean air I
could really also on the old tyres unleash the pace we had.
The whole team deserves the podium. I think we have
worked so hard. We have had so much criticism this year
– sometimes right, sometimes not justified – but that’s
how it goes, it’s a tough game, we’re fighting really tough
opponents. It’s been a tough year but it’s nice to finish on
a high and I think we take that momentum into next year.
There is a lot of work going on back in Maranello, so big
thanks also to everyone there.