Red Bull can be Ferrari-like 'myth' too - Vettel

[PURE PASSION]

Red Bull is "well on the way" to achieving the same sort of "mythical status" as fellow grandee F1 teams like Ferrari.

That is the claim of Sebastian Vettel, who after winning his third consecutive drivers' championship with the energy drink-owned team played down persistent rumours he could soon make the move to fabled Ferrari.

"Clearly Ferrari and Mercedes have a great history and a kind of mythical status," the German told Sport Bild.

"But we're well on the way to achieving the same with Red Bull. Realising it needs to be our goal," added Vettel.

F1 legend Niki Lauda, however, can imagine Vettel eventually hanging up his Red Bull helmet and making the switch to another top team.

"He will eventually move somewhere else," fellow triple world champion Lauda, who won his titles with Ferrari and McLaren, told CNN.

"It's normal. Any skier changes his skis every year -- so you have to change your cars at least once in your history."

Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, however, ruled out the concept of Vettel joining Fernando Alonso at Ferrari.

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[Greig]

hahahaha :xmasredface:

[Stormy]

Thats not possible,how can a artifical team that is run by a energy drink company become a cult team in a motosport.
No hardcore fans of F1 respect RBR and lets face it they won 3 WDC and 3 WCC in a row and no one CARES,because its not natural its artifical.
They are not even a car manufacter ffs.

[Liscia]

Dream on Mr.Vettel..............

[Rob]

By sounds of it Seb and the good Dr. Marko been talking rubbish while drinking to much of their energy drink and vodka at their party. That is the funniest thing i have heard all day cheers Seb.



Ferrari, Merc and Mclaren all have had the glory days of history racing together and fights and all the big name drivers.

(please remember Seb, you drive a energy drinks can on wheels. Just because Red Bull marketing try to make it into a big world wide brand, bigger than Ferrari, bigger than Coke Cola etc etc, just sad)

[Grillo]

He has the best equipment at his disposal season after season but let's see what happens if Red Bull stop making WDC and WCC cars for some years. I hope he goes to Mercedes with Hamilton soon.

[Alonsomaniac]

I have heard a lot of stupid things being said by Vettel, but this is just ridiculous.
It only tells me that the boy is too stupid and/or arrogant to even understand what the name FERRARI stands for.......

[Tifoso]

I don't want this nimnuts anywhere near Maranello-ever.

[Massimo]

This is pure blasphemy!

[Nick Singer]

Good a driver as he is, Vettel is deluded if he thinks that his 'plastic', arriviste team will EVER have the history, the status and the magic and inspire the passion and the romance that Ferrari does - even if they stick with F1 for 60 years, by which time Ferrari will have been there for 120!!

[FFFerrari]

Try saying that after your team being 50 years in the sport, Seb. :xmasrolleyes:

On other news:

Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, however, ruled out the concept of Vettel joining Fernando Alonso at Ferrari.

Is Flavio still managing Fernando or why is he making these claims? I think it is clear that Fernando doesn't want to ever again be in the situation he was in McLaren during 2007 season, driving without the #1 treatment and that is why he won't be joined by Vettel on Ferrari as long as he has the financial backing from Santander. If the 2013 and 2014 seasons end without success, it may come to changing drivers too but not before that.

[fratelliferrari]

What a joke. Red Bull will always be an energy drink company!

[Ken]

Red Bull can be as Mythical as they wish since Myths cant be proven :xmaswink:

But Ferrari is LEGENDARY :xmassmile:

[Hermann]

Red Bull can be as Mythical as they wish since Myths cant be proven :xmaswink:

But Ferrari is LEGENDARY :xmassmile:

RB already has reached 'myth' status. They don't really exist.


:xmasbiggrin:

[mark p]

Like Benneton what legends.....RB will never be Williams or Lotus McLaren etc.never mind the all time greatest that Ferrari are. History has a few teams that beat Ferrari from time to time and when they did it was special for them like carol shelby, Ford with the GT but the one constant was Ferrari were involved and overall beat them all and most are now finished. RB are like these rich Chinese football teams who sign a few big players but they will never be Real Madrid or whatever. RB wilm be gone before the decade is out and will be known as another name. Rb is the 3rd name for this little team from Milton Keynes anyway?

[GrndLkNatv]

I guess my question to Mr. Vettel and everyone at RedBull is who at RedBull can play the part of Enzo Ferrari? Chinetti, Columbo, Tazio, Lampredi and all the others who created the entire industry? I think Mr. Vettel has been breathing to much of the RedBull exhaust out of the diffuser!!

[fratelliferrari]

So I hope that means he will not come to Ferrari

[REDARMYSOJA]

Red Bull is "well on the way" to achieving the same sort of "mythical status" as fellow grandee F1 teams like Ferrari.

That is the claim of Sebastian Vettel, who after winning his third consecutive drivers' championship with the energy drink-owned team played down persistent rumours he could soon make the move to fabled Ferrari.

"Clearly Ferrari and Mercedes have a great history and a kind of mythical status," the German told Sport Bild.

"But we're well on the way to achieving the same with Red Bull. Realising it needs to be our goal," added Vettel.

[ferrari4life]

why would you want to be Ferrari like...

Jealous much? go make some rap albums when Newey gets his rear handed to him and Red Bull decide to leave cause they cant make their money back.

[Giallo 550]

This is quite possibly the most asinine statement I have read in recent memory.

[Hornet]

Ferrari is mythical? That's the first time I hear that :xmasconfused:

[varun]

why would you want to be Ferrari like...

Jealous much? go make some rap albums when Newey gets his rear handed to him and Red Bull decide to leave cause they cant make their money back.

Exactly..this shows Vettel knows WHAT STUFF FERRARI IS!!!!
and what is a useless energy drink racing team only abt 10 yrs old!!

Really vettel keeps talking !!! but he has reached a new LOW this time..
RedCows with same respect as that of Ferrari!!!

[Stormsearcher]

hahahha... The boy is seriously delusional. How can he even compare the two. McLaren is perhaps the only other team that can compete with Ferrari in those terms, not even Williams.

[Rob]

I guess my question to Mr. Vettel and everyone at RedBull is who at RedBull can play the part of Enzo Ferrari? Chinetti, Columbo, Tazio, Lampredi and all the others who created the entire industry? I think Mr. Vettel has been breathing to much of the RedBull exhaust out of the diffuser!!

[Massimo]

I guess my question to Mr. Vettel and everyone at RedBull is who at RedBull can play the part of Enzo Ferrari? Chinetti, Columbo, Tazio, Lampredi and all the others who created the entire industry? I think Mr. Vettel has been breathing to much of the RedBull exhaust out of the diffuser!!

Ha, ha indeed! And Helmuth Marko in the role of Franco Gozzi?
After unsportsmanlike, disrespectful and childish, we can add megalomania to the list.

[Kingdom Hearts]

Someone need to give the kid a book about Ferrari history, probably Vettel thinks Ferrari didn't exist before Schumacher.

[fratelliferrari]

Haha that's a good one. He is only 25 years old so who knows maybe he really thinks that

[FA fan]

Well I'm hoping both Alonso and massa to keep performing well enough to stay at Ferrari,and not give Ferrari any excuse to get finger boy in!!!

[F2002]

So, basically, he's won three championships in that car and still thinks that Ferrari is the benchmark.

Bad winner...

[Greig]

It's more worrying that he considers Mercedes as mythical