Formula 1 | Vettel in Q3 at Suzuka: “I'm very happy, this track makes me feel alive”

Sebastian Vettel warmed everyone's hearts not so much for the ninth position he achieved in a qualifying, but for having succeeded in Suzuka, at his favorite track and with a car that was not so competitive this weekend enough to be able to enter Q3, just see also Stroll's performance, nineteenth. The German thanked everyone at the end of the session, even in Japanese, almost emotional and certainly touching for the end of an extraordinary career of an equally extraordinary champion.

“Yes, this track excites me a lot – Seb said in the mixed zone. It's way more fun than the other circuits, and then these cars are fantastic and you can reach incredible speeds. You feel alive on this track, I've loved it over the years and today I had a lot of fun. It was a wonderful day and I'm very happy to have arrived in Q3. Let's see what we can do tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm satisfied with today, but also a little sad, because this was my last qualifying here."