Buemi ready to take Vettel’s place

Sebastian Buemi

He may be the new boy in Formula one this season but Sebastian Buemi has declared that he is not worried about stepping up to the plate and taking on the role as youngest driver on the grid, especially when the seat he is stepping into is that of new F1 sensation, Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel took his and the Toro Rosso team’s maiden Grand Prix victory at last year’s Italian Grand Prix and since then has made the move to parent team, Red Bull racing. Hailed as the next champion in the sport, Vettel has left a giant hole in the Toro Rosso team, a hole that Buemi is ready and willing to fill, even if it carries a certain amount of pressure with it.

“For sure coming just after Vettel is a bit more pressure, but he has improved the team, so my first feeling is that I am grateful to him for this and of course I will try to do my best to live up to the standards that he has set," the twenty year old Swiss racer told the sports official website. “The rules have changed a lot so it will be very different anyway."