Vettel lives childhood dream at Ferrari

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Reuters: Quadruple Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel says he is living a boyhood dream after completing his first weekend at Maranello as a Ferrari driver. The German, who left Red Bull at the end of the season after losing his title to Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, spent three days at the Italian team’s factory meeting key people and driving a 2012 car. The Ferrari website said the 27-year-old met Chairman Sergio Marchionne and new team principal Maurizio Arrivabene on Monday after talks with engineers and time in the simulator over the weekend. On Saturday, he completed nearly 100 laps of the Fiorano test circuit - a place he visited many years ago as a fan hoping to get a glimpse of his hero Michael Schumacher at work. “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,” said Vettel. “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,” he added. “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.”

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