JAKARTA - F1 racer Sebastian Vettel said he was once invited to a strip club. However, he decided to go faster because he was 'not strong'.

As a teenager, Vettel was in the pits for the BMW-Sauber ahead of the Canadian GP. However, when Robert Kubica resigned due to a serious accident - Vettel was appointed to replace him in the United States.

And to prepare for his first F1 race, the team mechanic took him to a strip club in Montreal.

"Yeah, Sauber mechanic dragged me one night to one of these famous sex clubs," said Vettel as quoted by the Daily Star, Thursday, June 2.

"When two girls are busy with each other right in front of my eyes, it's too much and I'm out (going)!"

Young Vettel (19 years) made his F1 debut a week later. And he got off to a phenomenal start, impressing in qualifying by finishing seventh.

Vettel did slip to eighth in the race, but signaled to F1 fans what was to come.

Yes, the German driver went on to win the F1 championship four times in a row from 2011 to 2014.


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