World Champion surpasses achievement of his boyhood hero
Monday 18 November 2013 09:48, UK
Another race; another win; another record: Sebastian Vettel's 12th victory of 2013 at the U.S. GP on Sunday was also his eighth in a row, beating Michael Schumacher's tally of consecutive wins in a season.
Horner acknowledged that the Brazilian GP represents something of a dilemma for Red Bull, given that it's also Mark Webber's last race. "Mark wouldn't want to be gifted a win and it would be great to see him win his final race - what a way to sign out," he added. "But Sebastian's going to be going for that record and as usual it'll be a straight fight between the two of them." Never mind a straight fight, Vettel v Webber has appeared more of a walkover recently - indeed, so has Vettel v Everyone Else - and the fallout has, of course, fuelled heated debate: Is he arrogant? Is he ruthless? Perhaps he's a bit of both? It's a debate that's familiar to anyone with any awareness of the Schumacher/Ferrari era. Vettel clearly has and on Sunday it was the history boy rather than finger boy who took the plaudits. "People look back and they talk about that time and about certain drivers and one day people might look back and talk about our time and what we've done as a team," he added. They might indeed. One or two more wins would certainly help jog a few memories in the years to come.
