In my last post, I covered some interesting facts about Sebastien Buemi, the newest F1 star, about to start his first Formula One season with Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Although that post helps us understand a little bit more about Sebastien Buemi's background, it doesn't really give any insight into his personality. Therefore, I'm going to look at an interview he gave earlier this year, which will give us a little more insight into Sebastien.
Don't expect to find out Sebastien's favourite food or the last movie he saw – I'm not talking about that sort of personality. I'm talking about his personality as a F1 driver. Is he aggressive? Is he confident? Is he arrogant or humble? You get the picture.
The personality of a Formula 1 driver is a very important part of whether they'll succeed or end up as someone who just makes up the numbers.
The interview was given on the ITV F1 site about Sebastien Buemi's expectations for his first season. Amongst the quotes given are the following:
“You have to have self-confidence and put yourself in the best possible situation.”
“But you have to keep your feet on the ground and not get depressed if the results don't come immediately.”
He concedes that it will be a tough season and talks about being “perfectly prepared”.
Sebastien comes across as a very grounded and levelheaded individual, although when he talks about his minimum expectations, he says:
“For me personally, I would at least want to be quicker than my team-mate.”
He's obviously very confident as well.
As we've seen many times in the past with F1 drivers (most recently with Lewis Hamilton), there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance. What some people perceive as arrogance is often just the complete confidence that's needed to perform at such a high level.
So Sebastien Buemi seems confident on one hand and level headed on the other hand, both admirable and necessary qualities in a Formula 1 driver. Has he got the balance right? Only time will tell.
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