Despite persistent speculation that
Sebastian Vettel is set to graduate to
Red Bull's senior team Red Bull Racing in 2009, another name in the frame to make the jump is Sébastian Buemí, who insists he is putting
David Coulthard and
Mark Webber under the most pressure possible as he bids to get his big time break.
The young Swiss star – RBR's official test and reserve driver – is currently competing in GP2, and finished a very creditable second in the inaugural Asia Series held from January to April this year, with four successive runner-up spots in the final four races cementing his position. Racing for Trust Team Arden, he now has his sights set firmly on going one better still in the main championship – and beyond that, he is adamant, up into
F1.
“I am fighting to get their seats,” Buemi told the Jamaica Cleaner's
Automotives section when asked about Webber and Coulthard, “and they are under pressure to keep them. It is a very competitive atmosphere, and that keeps an edge between us, I guess. We keep it professional, though.”
As to the principal differences between driving his GP2 mount and an F1 car – having sensationally set the third-quickest time on his maiden run in Red Bull Racing's RB3 during a major group test at
Jerez last September – the 20-year-old pointed to a variety of adaptations to make, particularly in terms of the more sophisticated electronics in the top flight.
“For someone moving from a lesser car to F1, the driver aids take a bit of getting used to,” he admitted. “I thought that the brakes or the power would be worlds away in
Formula 1, but I found that the brakes in GP2 and the power are not that far off.
“The aero in F1, though, makes a lot of difference; it is possible to brake much harder into the corners because of it. Also, in the mid to high-speed corners, the F1 car is more stable, again because of aero.
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