Sebastian Vettel on his love of taking notes:
“When you write with a pen, it’s like you write it into your head. In general I love to take notes. I take digital notes with an iPad a bit now, but I prefer just pen and paper. When you write with a pen, it’s like you write it into your head. If I write it down, I’m not going to chuck the notebooks away, I still have notebooks from 2007 and so on. They are useless now, but they are still there. They are all stacked up in a bookshelf. I should write down a lot more. It is important to make the time. My idol is [German race and rally legend] Walter Rohrl. He said any lap you didn’t write down is a lost lap, a waste, so in his terms, I’m a bit wasteful, but it’s impossible to remember everything.”
Seb on technology:
“I use the stuff, and I think some of the stuff is great, but sometimes I wish it didn’t exist so there wouldn’t be the temptation. So I think it’s a fine line. It allows us to do a lot of stuff, so generally it’s progressive and happy to go forward. It’s designed to give you more time, but it actually does the opposite. I’m quite a fan of the written word. I get the whole point of emails but I think the actual letter is very nice, and very personal. A lot of the stuff is designed to actually steal your time to get you hooked. It annoys me, so I’m not a fan of that. Ultimately there is no solution, there is only yourself, and your behaviour with the tools you have.”
Sebastian Vettel on mobile phones:
“If it’s an emergency, you get hold of people, but nowadays we treat everything as if it is an emergency. How many times does your phone ring in a day? Almost never. And it’s supposed to be a phone and now it’s doing everything else. I do [have the latest iPhone]. To be honest, the main motivator for that is for the camera. I tried to go back to digital camera because I hated the fact you could do everything with your phone. I would say the coolest thing about the phone is maps. I really love directions and stuff like this. And then the pictures, which allows you to capture a moment, especially with kids and so on. I think that’s great. It’s also very small.”
Sebastian Vettel on social media:
“I have never tried it so I’m not missing it. I’m not big on apps, so I don’t have lots of apps on phone. I don’t do social media and also don’t do the social media apps, so I am not following other people. I never tried it and I think it’s a good thing because a lot of people tell me they can’t get away from it. I have never tried it so I’m not missing it. I’ve seen how it works with other people… it’s done in a way that obviously you’re addicted. So yeah. Not for me.”
Sebastian Vettel on newspapers:
“I’m a big fan of Sunday newspapers. I don’t read news online, more newspaper. A lot of the news nowadays are just headlines, there’s actually no content. Nothing against the journalists behind it, but it’s mostly the headline, actually no new information in the article. I read about all sorts, I don’t like one particular subject. It’s more about the people I find interesting. I have to finish the article, even if it bores me and it’s stupid. I always hope it gets better, so I have to finish it, because otherwise I’d feel guilty.”
Sebastian Vettel on food:
“When I was young, I just accepted it as fuel. Being a sportsman, you get the fact it literally becomes fuel, you fuel your body to perform blah blah blah, so you try to get the best mix to enhance your performance and have a positive impact on your health. Travelling is the bitch really, as you don’t always have time to look behind the scenes (about how food is produced). I think there is more dynamics around this as to where does the food come from? To become aware of what you’re eating, not just which ingredients, how many calories & what it does to my body, but where does it come from? How was it grown? How was the animal grown/treated? I think there should be some way of organising where you take the responsibility a bit away from the consumer, and equally the consumer should be educated more, awareness should be improved so you can make better decision in a big picture.”
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