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Vettel meets the bosses as he starts his introduction to Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel is getting comfortable within his new team.

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari

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Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari
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Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel continued his introduction to Scuderia Ferrari today when he met with new team principal Maurizio Arravabene and company chairman Sergio Marchionne, as well as James Allison and the rest of the engineering team.

The meetings followed his first 100-lap test at Fiorano in a 2012 car on Sunday, and sessions in the F14T simulator on Sunday.

“Obviously it’s been a fantastic day to come here,” said Vettel. “I remember I’ve been here a long time ago as a little child, driving through Maranello and trying to look over the fence, so to be here officially as part of the team felt fantastic.

Looking back to the years when I was 11 or 12, trying to look over the fence and trying to see a glimpse of Michael (Schumacher) running on the track, well, today I was the one running and saw the tifosi around.

Sebastian Vettel

“The possibility to drive the car and get to know the team was a unique experience. Obviously it’s a very different colour for me, everybody is dressed in red, everything is red, but it’s really something special and I’m very much looking forward to the challenge that we took on for the next years.”

Regarding the test, “Obviously, its already winter time so it was quite cold doing some laps but it was a great feeling, it is always enjoyable to be in the car and, again, looking back to the years when I was 11 or 12, trying to look over the fence and trying to see a glimpse of Michael running on the track, well, today I was the one running and saw the tifosi around.

The feeling of Ferrari

“You know there are a lot of fairytales about Ferrari and how it feels to drive a red car and in the end I can only confirm these fairytales, it’s not just a story, it’s a true legend that exists and it feels really, really special to become part of that and to be inside the car, to see the people coming, running to the track and trying to climb the walls to see the car, so there is definitely something very magic and something that happened today which I will never forget.”

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