Our second Christmas together, and our gift has came some months ago, from Monza. ^^ But if you all think that's an excuse not to give you all more stuff... it's not. We uploaded this week three more videos on our SebiTubi and also added the previous other videos to our Videos Section. And that's still not all! If you take a look at our main sections, you may find out something new... like... an Illustrated Chronology! With it you may check everything that happened in his F1 career clearly, with images, and we hope you all will appreciate!

Besides that, we surely wish you all a very special Christmas, with many other gifts coming, and another amazing upcoming year!
All the best,
Kati

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel has admitted he is concerned about the safety aspects of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) next year.

Even though there are only a few months until the start of the new season, several teams have yet to start track testing of the new technology.

And with a number of outfits having had troubles in early testing, including most famously the BMW mechanic who suffered an electric shock during testing earlier this year, Vettel says he is wary of the progress being made.

"For next year, my personal concern to be honest is the safety aspect of this system. Will it be safe enough to race?" he told the official Formula One website.

"For a team racing with KERS the expectations are clear - it has to be quicker and it has to be one hundred percent reliable.

"But I think there is one thing that people underestimate at this stage: is it safe enough? We are a little over three months away from the start of the season, and now we are heading into the winter break.

"Then the teams will bring out their new cars and start testing again - and time is running short.

"My concern is that so far no one has had a real thought about safety. As I said, it has to be quicker, it has to be reliable, but under any scenario it has to be safe for us drivers - and all the people working around the car.

"Safety is the one thing I am afraid of the most right now. Hopefully the teams will improve that safety aspect and the FIA will take care of it as well."

Red Bull Racing are not expected to run their KERS until February, when their 2009 car runs for the first time. It means they will have around six weeks to get the device up and running properly if they want to race it in Australia.

Source: Autosport.com

David Coulthard gave an interview to ITV, in which he commented on the RBR duo for the next season, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Check the clip:

Itv.com/f1: How do you see the rivalry playing out within the team – do you expect Sebastian or Mark to have the upper hand?
DC: It’s an interesting one. I think they will be very well matched.
Mark has a lot of experience now and some very good speed; Sebastian has very good speed and not so much experience, but I don’t see that being an issue at all and I think it will be a great pairing for the team.
Of course ultimately one will finish ahead of the other, but I think it’s too close to call at this stage.

Source: ITV

ARD website is making a poll on who should be the athlet of the year in Germany. The website is in german but it's not difficult to vote, click on your favorite option (S... ^^) and click 'abschicken' on the end of page.
Right now Sebastian is in third and we know it's just not fair, so we need your help to put Seb on top!
Go sport.ard.de/sp/allgemein/sportler2008/maenner.jsp to vote!

Thanks Chris for the tip ;)

Sebastian Vettel continued the Red Bull stable's run of fastest testing times by leading the final day at Jerez on Wednesday.

After his teammate Sebastien Buemi - substituting for the injured Mark Webber - had set the pace earlier in the week, today Vettel moved to the head of the times with a 1:16.617 lap, three tenths of a second quicker than the Swiss Toro Rosso candidate as they conducted set-up work with next year's slick Bridgestones.

Having been rapid throughout the post-season tests, Vettel reckoned his team were ending 2008 in good shape.

"We've had pretty smooth running at this test and have completed a lot of mileage before the end of the year," he said. "I think we've done everything we could here, learning about the tyres and next year's regulations and hopefully we will start next year with a car strong enough to challenge the big boys."
Source: Autosport

1. Vettel Red Bull 107 1:16.617 129.281 mph
2. Buemi Red Bull 92 1:16.998 0.381
3. Kubica BMW 100 1:19.013 2.396
Source: PitPass