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Vettel rules out sports psychologist

19:23, 26 Sep 2018

byBobby Vincent

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has ruled out the need for him to have a sports psychologist.

Vettel has made some unforced errors this season - Hockenheim, for instance, and some people believe that the German four-time world champion has felt the pressure of this intense title battle, that he's currently trailing to Lewis Hamilton.

Auto Bild asked the Ferrari driver if he feels that he needs a psychologist to try and perhaps prevent these errors in the future, with some F1 drivers such as Romain Grosjean using this option.

"Of course I have pressure," Vettel admitted. "But most of the time I put it on myself. If you know what you can do and you do not achieve it, then you are not satisfied.

"I find the idea very interesting, but I have not met a person that I think can help. I've already researched it a bit, so the whole topic has not passed me by.

"When you have stress, you need to find balance. I have developed things that work for me. And I have enough self-discipline, so as not to be confused."

Vettel has been criticised for such errors this season, but the German claimed that he doesn't pay much attention to the critics of him.

"In my spare time, I hardly read articles about Formula One, more about football. I do not let criticism get to me and that saves me dealing with it. Generally, my motto is: 'You're never as good as people say and you're never as bad as they say'."