"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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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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APA Style (7th ed.)
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/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"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.


