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Thinking about Kimi greeting a rookie Seb with respect and what a huge impact that had on Seb, to the point he never forgot it. Thinking about the others trying to get Seb drunk and Kimi just taking his drinks for him and generally looking out for him. Thinking about Kimi offering Seb lifts early on in his career. Thinking about everyone noticing their unlikely friendship and asking them about it. Thinking about them wearing the same ugly plaid shorts and being joined at the hip around the paddock. Thinking about Seb attending Kimi’s 2009 rally debut in Finland. Thinking about Kimi saying that he wanted Sebastian to win the 2010 F1 championship because he liked him best. Thinking about Seb saying he didn’t have any friends in F1 now that Kimi was gone. Thinking about Kimi being asked about Loeb and talking about Vettel instead. Thinking about Seb saying that Kimi’s 2007 championship inspired him to win his own. Thinking about Seb’s “I love -- Kimi is a very nice guy” slip up. Thinking about Kimi returning in 2012 and the two of them being joined at the hip around the paddock again. Thinking about them giggling and whispering to each other during press conferences. Thinking about Seb proudly saying that he and Kimi get along well, immediately after Kimi’s own teammate said that he didn’t really know Kimi outside of work. Thinking about Seb admitting he doesn’t know what he does differently for Kimi to like him.

Thinking about Seb being so enthusiastic in 2013 about the possibility of Kimi going to redbull in 2014 as his teammate. Thinking about Kimi going to Ferrari instead and Seb's less than pleased reaction to it. Thinking about Ferrari asking Sebastian to join them for years, and how now Kimi was there, and how maybe if only he’d accepted… Thinking about Sebastian scoring what he needed to leave redbull at the end of 2014. Thinking about Sebastian being in tears when he left redbull but still choosing to go to Ferrari in 2015. Thinking about Sebastian smugly saying Kimi would cooperate better with him than with anyone else in front of Kimi's then-teammate. Thinking about Sebastian finally being in his dream team with his dream team mate. Thinking about Seb getting upset at the team for ignoring Kimi’s podium and making them acknowledge it in front of everyone. Thinking about Ferrari hating true love wanting to fire Kimi after 2015, and Seb (allegedly) vetoing any team mate that wasn’t Kimi. Thinking about how Kimi himself was planning to leave after 2015 but changed his mind after Sebastian joined. Thinking about how upset Seb was when he crashed into Kimi in China 2016 and how he ran back to apologise to him in parc fermé and how he blew up at Daniil in the cool down room over it. Thinking about how upset Kimi was in Monaco 2017 and how he wouldn’t look at Seb. Thinking about how months later they had that iconic Hungary 2017 podium where Seb shyly held Kimi’s hand. Thinking about Kimi fucking up his quali lap in Spa but instead of calling it a day he decided to use the rest of it to help Seb. Thinking about Sebastian’s huge smile when Max lost his US podium to Kimi and how he proudly told him he was trying to give him a tow. Thinking about Kimi saying “we liked each other from day one.” Thinking about Kimi saying he’d rather be third with Seb as the winner if it meant being in the same team. Thinking about how Seb spent so much of 2018 praising Kimi and saying that if it was up to him they’d continue to be team mates. Thinking about that fanzone stage where Seb said “don’t leave me alone.” Thinking about Kimi telling the interviewer to take care of Seb and joking about Seb crying. Thinking about how Seb probably DID cry because he’s a sensitive guy and how Kimi probably laughed about it because it’s not like he was retiring, he was just switching teams. Thinking about Seb's smile slowly fading away for the next two years. Thinking about how much easier these two must have made the environment at Ferrari for each other, with their genuine affection and respect. Thinking about Kimi retiring in 2021 and Seb following him the year after. Thinking about how Seb couldn’t attend Kimi’s retirement party but sent a video and how Kimi finally told the story of how he drank rookie Seb’s drinks for him. Thinking about Kimi being the only retired driver that Seb follows on instagram despite him never posting anything. Thinking.

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This is the situation: TVING Sports posted a sort of "trailer" on their instagram (that's the first minute of this video) about this interview. But then I started seeing other clips being uploaded by korean fans on twitter. And I was so confused because I wasn't seeing any western fans talking about these clips. That's when I started to realize that this interview hasn't been uploaded anywhere — that's what a korean fan told me. The clips I've downloaded and added to this video are the ones this girl had recorded, but she told me there was more to the interview that she didn't save. She says it aired before the match, but it hasn't been publicly uploaded on any platform. It's all very confusing to navigate because of course it's all in korean (the fans' tweets, the channel's webpage, etc), so even searching key words on twitter is impossible for me (because I don't know korean, sadly)

The only thing I can think of (just a theory, I have no idea) is that maybe it's been uploaded to their webpage, but it's content that's only accesible to subscribers.