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Happiness Quote by Sebastian Vettel

"I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor"

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There’s a particular kind of humility that only makes sense when you’re already famous: the posture of the fan who has finally crossed the screen. Vettel frames the Race of Champions not as another trophy opportunity, but as a childhood ritual - watched annually, filed away as a private dream. That detail matters because it recasts elite motorsport as something like pop culture, a yearly broadcast that builds mythology. He’s telling you this isn’t just a gig; it’s an initiation into a club he once viewed from the couch.

The line does quiet reputation management, too. “It’s fantastic to be invited” positions the event as selective and flattering, not transactional. Vettel’s happiness reads as genuine, but it’s also strategic: gratitude is the safest language a star can speak when entering a new arena, especially one built on showmanship and cross-discipline bragging rights.

Then comes the real emotional payload: “to represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher.” Schumacher isn’t just a teammate; he’s an institution, the face of German racing dominance and a national icon. Vettel’s “great honor” is doing double duty - acknowledging hierarchy while attaching himself to the lineage. Subtext: I’m not here to upstage the legend; I’m here to stand beside him, briefly, and be validated by proximity. It’s fan talk with championship credentials, a deft blend of sincerity and self-positioning that keeps ego out of frame while ambition hums underneath.

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Vettel, Sebastian. (2026, January 17). I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-always-watched-the-race-of-champions-on-tv-73628/

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Vettel, Sebastian. "I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-always-watched-the-race-of-champions-on-tv-73628/.

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"I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-always-watched-the-race-of-champions-on-tv-73628/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987) is a Celebrity from Germany.

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