hello everyone! this is a sideblog of @umflowers dedicated exclusively to seb that acts as a content archive.
here’s a handy guide for using my tagging system.
requests for pics, vids, gifs, and trying to track down content are always welcome. i have an f1tv subscription, so if you need something from their archive i can do that. (:
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asks are welcome so long as they’re respectful. i will never gossip about or speculate on a driver’s personal life, and i don’t read or post anon hate.
this blog is a volunteer effort. i don’t have a complaints department. keep it to yourself.
if your blog has max verstappen on it, i block it. period.
my other blogs can be found at: @umgeorge, @umlewis, @ummick, and @vintagef1
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"Great Britain GP (10th Race): 1st place (Silvestone Circuit) – 'Obviously, the Safety Car spiced it up. It was a nice time because Valtteri was pushing like crazy. I had the advantage on tyres, but it was not so easy to find a way through. Then I surprised him. I wasn’t sure I’d make the corner, but I did, so it worked really well, and I’m very, very happy.'" - july 15, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
ice just murdered someone in my state, in the town of biddeford, about an hour ago. there's no word yet on their ethnicity, though maine has a large population of somali and other african immigrants and refugees.
please consider donating to the maine solidarity fund, which helps black and brown immigrant communities.
a statement on their website reads:
"MSF funds are critically low, so we currently only have the capacity to pay for:
1. Bonds
2. Life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare costs
We will update this if/when we fundraise enough to resume paying for:
Attorney fees for:
Bond petitions/hearings
Habeas Corpus
Legal support for vital identity document issues
Emergency support: Up to $500 that recipients can use however they most need."
the twitter link in the source is a tweet from nirav shah, former head of the maine cdc during the height of covid, where he links to this organization asking for donations in the wake of this fucking nightmare - for the sake of verification that your money will be used correctly.
Finding Calm While Driving a Car That Could Kill Me
As a Formula 1 racer, I could disappear and forget about time. Now, my greatest joy is discovering what puts me in the present.
I am not a speed addict, but I relish high speeds. While I’m now retired, I spent 16 seasons as a Formula 1 driver. Racing at over 200 miles per hour became second nature to me.
It sounds crazy, but being behind the wheel of a car that could kill me became my safe place. All the noise in my life grew quiet the moment I jumped into my racecar. This dangerous environment was where I felt most alive and calm. Despite being under ultrahigh stress, it was the place where everything slowed down. It was as if I could disappear and forget about time.
My love of driving began after I received a small go-kart as a childhood Christmas present. I grew up in Heppenheim, Germany. Since the backyard of our house was too tight to make turns around, my father poured out a large bucket of water and taught me how to drift as a technique to avoid crashing into a wall. I became infatuated with the rush and control of driving. I found something that gave me confidence and self-efficacy. Eventually, I started racing others, and I craved the sensation of speed.
But F1 racing is not only about pure speed. It is about how late you dare to brake and how fast you can manage to get around the next corner. It is about trial and error, and testing different approaches to go faster. Racing was where my mind could play and grow.
While I usually prefer cold, quiet and spacious environments, the extremely hot, noisy narrowness behind the wheel of a racecar is where I am most comfortable. I found it was the one place where I happily embraced the dichotomy of life.
Sometimes, this was a mental contrast in the intense moments leading up to championship-deciding races, when all my hard work boiled down to a few laps. I remember thinking that I couldn’t wait for the race to start, and I also didn’t want the race to start.
There were moments when I lost control of the car because something broke or I simply pushed too hard. I’ve had my fair share of crashes. Even though a crash occurs very quickly, when it happens, time seems to slow down. You begin to realize the shattering reality and consequences of chasing high speeds. The brutal force of a crash reminds you of what you’re playing with. But I kept racing.
In more than two decades of racing, there was a single time when I seriously questioned jumping into the car again. It was during the Belgian Grand Prix in August 2019, after a young French driver, Anthoine Hubert, lost his life in a racing accident at age 22.
I have had accidents myself, but they were fortunately only minor ones. I have seen others crash, too. But that young man had his whole life ahead of him, and it just stopped with all of us watching.
I called my wife, Hanna, and told her I did not want to race the next day after the accident. I slept poorly that night; yet I decided to race. After that weekend, I felt differently about my sport, which I only grasped after I retired. I was never afraid of the speeds, but now I could see them, not just feel them. I began to experience a responsibility that I had not had before. I started to understand that speed, progress and innovation only matter if they move us in the right direction.
Today, I live a slower life and run a little farm. I still love high speeds, but I have simply stopped racing time. I learned that the greatest joy is to discover something in your life that puts you in the here and now. Passing this lesson on to my children is my real job today. Spending time with them and watching them grow up makes me extremely aware that the time we are given is limited. As an F1 driver and a father, I did not — and cannot — beat time. Time is too fast to hold on to; it will always be faster than me, whether I am racing it or not.
I recognize that I might have been using racing to avoid dealing with tough situations. Racing was my escape. We all have times when we would like to disappear and avoid difficult things. But in the end, this is impossible. We must face the hard times head-on and take the time to slow down to do so.
When people ask me about my best race, I say that it is still to come. I have plenty to look forward to. These days I enjoy the process of exploration rather than the result. I learned that my life is not about finding the next big thing, but about trusting my curiosity.
I realized that there is more than one passion or race I can pursue. In the journey of self-discovery, no matter how fast you go, there are no shortcuts.
There is still a race to win.
"Austria GP (9th Race): 3rd place (Red Bull Ring) – 'Obviously it would have been nice to start further up. […] We lost a little bit of time at the stop. So for us it was pretty much damage limitation, but I think the pace was very good, the tyre management was good. It was a positive day. It could have been better, but a well-deserved win for Max.'" - july 8, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
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"France GP (8th Race): 5th place (Circuit Paul Ricard) – 'My mistake. I tried to brake early and get out of it, but I had no grip being so close to the cars in front and alongside me. Valtteri tried to get his position back, which was fair enough, and I had nowhere to go. The turn goes left and I tried to slow down, but with the grip I had, I could only open the radius. Unfortunately, I made contact with Valtteri. Obviously, for Valtteri, it was very bad because it affected his race, and he had nothing to do with it. Given how tight it was, I think we were both lucky in a way to be able to continue.'" - july 1, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
just wanted you to know i still think about that one time I sent an ask and you called me lovely because it was such a self-esteem boost and such a nice thing to say 😭 (idk if it was on *this* blog but one of them) just. your kind words have stayed with me for so long and i thought i'd just tell you how much they've meant to me <3
aww i'm so glad to hear that (: you absolutely deserve kindness, respect, and good things every day and never let anyone convince you otherwise <3 enjoy your weekend!
"Monaco GP (6th Race): 2nd place (Circuit de Monaco) – 'In the first stint, I could follow Daniel fairly easily. When Lewis started to pit, Daniel pushed and was a bit stronger, so I couldn’t stay with him. I was going through the tyres fairly quickly, and the next stint was similar. Towards the end, I picked up the pace again, but after the restart I didn’t have much confidence in the tyres and lost quite a lot of time. Otherwise, it would have been nice to keep the pressure on until the end.'" - june 17, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
just a heads up that i'll be out of town the next two weekends (imsa race at watkins glen time, finally!) with limited internet, so my intent is to upload ig stories since they disappear but nothing else until i'm back home, at which point i'll catch everything up. the blog isn't shutting down or anything. :)
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"Spain GP (5th Race): 4th place (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya) – 'I’ve said many times, this team is strong and we have a lot of potential, but we also need to make sure we address the problems that we have and work together in the same direction. The season so far has been positive for us. Today was not a good day but it’s important to understand why.'" - june 12, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
"Azerbaijan GP (4th Race): 4th place (Baku City Circuit) – 'I’m happy that I tried, I’m not happy it didn’t work. But I had to try.” – Sebastian Vettel on his attempt to take the lead in the closing stages of the race after the Safety Car restart'" - june 8, 2026
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"China GP (3rd Race): 8th place (Shanghai International Racing Circuit) – 'I didn’t see him until very late, so I left a bit of room as well. He obviously made a mistake, he locked up, which happens. We had a tailwind down the straight the whole race. I guess he misjudged it and sort of compromised both of our results.' – Sebastian Vettel on the moment Max Verstappen locked up after the Safety Car restart, resulting in contact between the two cars." - june 6, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
hmm, in terms of what? :p red bull for wins and such, of course. aston martin, when it comes to his beliefs and him as a person. physically i have a real weakness for 2014, 2018, and 2021 seb xD
in terms of overall, definitely aston martin seb. i had already started watching f1 off and on as early as late 2019 after hearing about lewis' advocacy because i wanted to root for him, but it was hungary 2021 when i tuned in and saw seb in his rainbows and started watching in earnest. so aston martin seb will always have my heart 💚
love your accounts. has seb ever explained why he uses the red filter on his posts? thanks! :)
hey there (: thank you!
i'm assuming it's just personal preference on the ferrari posts, cuz he similarly used blue on the red bull-era posts and will presumably use green once he catches up to the aston martin years. i miss in the early days when he just didn't use a filter tho xD
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"Bahrain GP (2nd Race): 1st place (Bahrain International Circuit) – 'We won and it’s a great feeling tonight. But also a bit sad, because I think one of our mechanics got injured during Kimi’s pit stop, so I send him my best regards. I’m sure the guys are looking after him. Overall, it was a mixed day, knowing that one car retired, but fortunately we managed to stay ahead.'" - june 3, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
"Australia GP (1st Race): 1st place (Albert Park Circuit) – 'We’re not where we want to be yet. I’m not yet exactly there with the car, but I think today gives us a good start, a good wind and fresh motivation for the coming weeks.'" - may 31, 2026
📷 @.sebastianvettel / instagram
