The German's closest challenger at the controversial desert race, held against a backdrop of political turmoil, was the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen, who had returned to F1 after two years in rallying. In fact, it took until the fourth race of the year in Bahrain for Vettel to win for the first time and he was not to do so again until Singapore at the end of September.
And at the beginning of this year we were simply not in a position to fight for the victory." "But we were always in a very strong position, and in a way I probably now have to admit you get, not used to it, but somehow in the back of your head you have the expectation of being able to fight for the win. "In 2011, winning so many races, it was never expected when we arrived at the track that we would come to the circuit and win," he said. But in an exclusive interview for BBC F1's season review programme he admits that the lack of success did come as a bit of a shock. The German, who did eventually end the year as champion, spent most of 2011 saying he had never taken his success for granted. Seven different winners in the first seven races made 2012 very different from the domination with which Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull controlled the previous season, with 11 wins and 15 pole positions in 19 races. Seven different drivers won the first seven races
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