Sebastian Vettel is hoping 'Luscious Liz' will carry him to Formula One world title glory.
Red Bull ace sets sights on first world title
Sebastian Vettel is hoping 'Luscious Liz' will carry him to Formula One world title glory after going close last year with 'Kate's Dirty Sister'.
Vettel likes the personal touch with his Red Bull Racing cars and has developed a habit of providing them with names, starting off last season with the simply monikered 'Kate'.
However, after sending 'Kate' to an early grave when he wrote her off in the opening race in Australia, Red Bull provided the young German with a more aggressive model, hence 'Kate's Dirty Sister'.
The car carried Vettel to four wins, including the closing one in Abu Dhabi of a campaign in which he finished runner-up, 11 points adrift of champion Jenson Button.
For this season, 'Luscious Liz' will make her debut in Bahrain on Sunday, with Vettel naturally looking to her to take him one step further.
"Hopefully she doesn't need a sister," smiled Vettel.
"As to whether she can win, I can tell you after a couple of races hopefully, or on Monday would be even better.
"But generally I'm happy and confident. I think we have a good car.
"Winter testing has been good. We have never been as prepared as we are now, and we think we are up there.
Exciting
"Tomorrow (qualifying) we will find out who is strong and who is not, and on Sunday we have the big unknown with everyone starting on lots of fuel.
"We don't yet know how the race will unfold. It could be exciting, crazy and everyone will enjoy it, or it could be very boring, and where you are after five laps is where you'll be at the chequered flag.
"So it's pretty unknown what is going to happen right now. We will see, but hopefully Luscious Liz will win."
Team principal Christian Horner this week hailed Vettel now as "a complete driver," believing last year's near miss has made the 22 -year-old much stronger as a person and on the track.
Vettel, however, feels one particular item is missing from his CV that will ensure he lives up to Horner's praise.
"Obviously I have a target in my life and the target is to be world champion," added Vettel.
"If I reach that target one day then I think I will be more complete than I am now, but I have learned a lot over the years, in particular a lot last year.
"I think the whole team and myself are in a good position. Last year was the first time for me and the team that we were in a position to fight for big points, race wins, pole positions.
"But the key now is to prove we deserve to be there. Last year was our first at the top, and now it is up to us to stay there."
