Vettel names 2010 car 'Luscious Liz'

[John S]

Good to see there is still a fun element from some drivers on the grid. Although from the way Bernie is waxing so lyrical about Seb, at the end of this piece, he is undoudtabley the grandson old man Ecclestone has never had.

Sebastian Vettel has named his new RB6 formula one car 'Luscious Liz'. The 22-year-old German and 2009 championship runner-up famously called last year's Red Bull 'Kate's Dirty Sister' -- because it was faster and more aggressive than its predecessor 'Kate'. His 2008 Toro Rosso was called Julie.

Giving his cars a female name, emblazoned on the 'dashboard' of the single seater, is now one of Vettel's several F1-related superstitions.

Vettel religiously steps into his cars and dismounts from the left-hand side, and slides a lucky coin behind the laces of his boot.

"If I could design a superstar, Sebastian would be the result," F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone writes in the latest edition of Auto Bild Motorsport.

"He is exactly what formula one needs: a young, super-talented driver who is intelligent but not arrogant, popular with the public and good with the media, normal but still very professional," added the 79-year-old.

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[Jericoke]

I have to agree, Vettel and (hopefully) Kobayashi are emerging as a generation that is going to just 'drive', without the arrogance of the previous set of stars, but also with more quirks than the 'corporate' stars F1 was trying to create (Hamilton and Kimi come to mind.)