Vettel: Schumacher's records "far away"

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Sebastian Vettel says he is not even thinking about trying to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 91 career wins, after taking his 42nd in Singapore last weekend, putting him third on the all-time list.

By winning at the Marina Bay Circuit on Sunday, Vettel surpassed Ayrton Senna's career win tally and now trails only Alain Prost on 51 and of course Schumacher – statistically the most successful driver Formula 1 has ever seen.

Asked if he can see himself beating both of those people in time, Vettel replied: “I think I could consider myself the luckiest racing driver in the world if there were as many race wins to come as there was with Michael.

“I think, to be honest, Prost's is in sight somehow. I'm 28 so I'm not the youngest any more especially if the kids start racing at 17 now.

"But Michael's is just ridiculous: number of wins, number of poles, number of fastest laps. I think all the statistics you can go for you compare yourself to him or anyone to him, so I think that's far away.

“So if you have 23 corners in Singapore, I consider myself being in turn one and Michael in turn 23. I'm not really looking at that. I'm having a great time. I think I can consider myself very lucky and blessed the way things have turned out.

"I've always had a more or less competitive car, competitive team, so if it keeps going that way then I can consider myself very lucky.”

Vettel's victory in Singapore, his third since moving to Ferrari this year, also saw him match what Schumacher achieved in terms of wins in his debut season with the Scuderia in 1996. However, Vettel said such a comparison is not really valid.

“I don't think you can really draw that comparison,” he confirmed, “and in all fairness, I think the car he had in 1996 was a lot worse than what we have this year which shows again what a great racing driver he was.”

Meanwhile, Vettel also warned that while Ferrari is getting better and better, the future is not something you can exactly foretell.

“It's impossible to predict the future. I think we are now on a good track with the team, Kimi [Raikkonen] and myself, so I think we've got some years ahead of us which we can enjoy. In a way you can forget the statistics, I think the most important thing is the sheer fun in life and get paid for it, that's a great thing,” concluded the four-time F1 world champion.

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[erinha]

Well he won't get any wins if Ferrari give their PU to Red Bull who's trying to twist some Ferrari arm.

[Brembo]

Well he won't get any wins if Ferrari give their PU to Red Bull who's trying to twist some Ferrari arm.

Will that be written in the deal? No wins for Seb if RB gets Ferrari engine?

[erinha]

Will that be written in the deal? No wins for Seb if RB gets Ferrari engine?

Really?

[Brembo]

Seb is 28 and needs say 50 wins to break the big record 91. If he stays around untill say 38, that's 5 wins a year, hopefully a few more in between. I think he's being modest saying he can't do it. I believe he's that good.

[Nand0Nand0]

Seb is 28 and needs say 50 wins to break the big record 91. If he stays around untill say 38, that's 5 wins a year, hopefully a few more in between. I think he's being modest saying he can't do it. I believe he's that good.

... or we produce monster cars for the next 3 years and he does it by the time he's 31

[Stormy]

He is just being realistically modest. Of course he can beat Schumi's records but the chances are not that big. They are in fact smaller then 30%

[erinha]

Seb is 28 and needs say 50 wins to break the big record 91. If he stays around untill say 38, that's 5 wins a year, hopefully a few more in between. I think he's being modest saying he can't do it. I believe he's that good.

Or we give the engine to Red Bull and they win all the races Seb could have won.

[TigerKing]

Or we give the engine to Red Bull and they win all the races Seb could have won.

+1

[Brembo]

A Ferrari engine in a Ferrari car has to be as good as any car with a Ferrari customer pu. esp. comming 2016. Ferrari I believe knows a chassis also counts in a winning car. They been around long enough to know at least as much as fans know. We have Seb RB don't. Now that Merc has to put air in there tyres, there not where they were. Check the results last race. We even took pole! I just can't get myself to start watching a race thinkng Ferrari can't win it. Or we already lost next years championships because a Ferrari engine in a RB already won. I'm hoping for that monster Ferrari car Nando mentioned and Seb breaking the record. He deserves it. He's all for his team, just like us fans are.