Vettel claims 2009 loss was harder to swallow and insists he’s not done with Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel says his 2009 defeat to Brawn GP’s Jenson Button was the hardest to swallow. “Three times now I have been in a position like that, with 2017, 2009 and this year,” he said. “Probably ‘09 was the worst one and the lowest point. You never know what the next year brings so you never know whether you get another chance. I have worked very hard for it and I am confident it will come but ultimately I don’t know, you can’t predict. None of those moments was nice.” The four-time World Champion insists he’s not done with Ferrari as giving up is not an option, he has no intention of changing ahead of next year’s campaign. “I know my job and I know my role and I don’t think it will change next year in terms of what I have to do. Certainly, there is a lot of stuff that happened this year and we will be able to, as a team and as an individual, be able to learn from it and take it forward and raise the bar next year. “Obviously along the way, something went wrong and we need to learn from it, something went wrong and we didn’t go and develop in the right direction. So clearly we missed something and not because something was on purpose by default set wrong. So it’s up to us to find a fix for it and make sure it doesn’t happen again, but it’s not so simple to find and fix it as it sounds.” Vettel will now try for his fifth next season with Ferrari. “I still have a mission here and I still want to win – that hasn’t changed,” he added. “Obviously the last race [Mexico] was a tough one to swallow and probably the winter will be as well, but giving up is not an option.”

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