Vettel glad to be back

Thursday 20th November 2008

Sebastian Vettel has expressed his delight at being back in action after completing a successful first test with Red Bull this week at the Circuit de Catalunya.

The German joined the Silverstone-based outfit after a fruitful 2008 season with Toro Rosso in which he claimed his maiden race win at the Italian GP.

"It was good to be back in a race car again, for the first time since Brazil," said Vettel.

The 21-year-old was satisfied with the performance of the car in Barcelona, where he finished fastest on days two and three of testing.

"Running the 2009 slick tyres was very interesting and very different to what Formula 1 has been used to for the past few years," he said.

"It was also a useful couple of days for me from the point of view of getting to know the engineers and the rest of the team.

"It is important to develop a common understanding between us and winter testing is the ideal opportunity to do just that."

Chief test engineer Ian Morgan was equally pleased with the performance of both his new car and driver.

"This was a successful three days for us and we completed all the high priority items on our job list," said Morgan

"As for Sebastian, he settled in very quickly and it actually felt as though he'd been with us for a long time already, which is a good sign!

We now have plenty of data, particularly on the tyre front, which we will put to good use at the next test session, at the Jerez track next month."

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