Sebastian Vettel reveals what helped him through difficult period

Sebastian Vettel has revealed that he received a raft of fan letters giving him support during his yearlong period without a Formula 1 victory. Vettel ended a run of 22 races without a victory after leading home a Ferrari one-two in Singapore Grand Prix. "[I received] a lot of little notes, handwritten letters," he said after winning at Marina Bay. "Obviously if people make the effort to write something when you find a bit of time in the evenings to go through them, it's really encouraging I have to say. "Years ago when I started out, it was very difficult to imagine that people would follow you and these kinds of things but in recent years, especially here, especially in Asia, I have had a lot of support, a lot of fans that come over and over again. "As I said, I just got a lot of energy in the last couple of weeks, just from messages that I received from the racing world, from people that I know from a long time ago, but especially from fans. After Monza, and then coming here.”

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