Vettel leaves India a legend, a hero

He leaves Indian shores as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever but Sebastian Vettel was a picture of humility as he acknowledged every person who made a contribution to his triumphant run, showed respect to his critics and became a showman for the fans.
At 26, he is the youngest quadraple world champion but showed maturity beyond his age in his words even though there was childlike enthusiasm in his actions and gestures.
He knew that what he had chosen to do after winning the Indian Grand prix will not amuse the race stewards but he did it.

After being booed by Ferrari fans for his easy victories in most of the venues, he got a tremendous reception from the Indian fans and he responded to that in the best possible manner.
Instead of parking his car as the rules would suggest, he performed donuts with his RB09, named 'Hungry Heidi'. He then bowed, jumped on to his car and threw his gloves towards his fans, making for unprecedented scenes at any F1 Grand Prix.
He was expectedly reprimanded by the stewards and his team Red Bull was fined 25,000 euros. The German said it was a spontaneous outpouring of emotions.

"Rocky, my engineer called for the usual procedure but I said 'yeah, not this time' and there's so many people here on the main grandstand that I had to do it. Usually we are not allowed to -- but it felt so right at that time," he said.
"It is also a special place to win at and yeah, when my engineer called for the usual procedure - parc ferme, park the car - I said to myself I don't care, I go there, the crowd was great in the main grandstand and I'll have some fun there which I enjoyed a lot.

"Unbelievable reception. It's a shame we are not racing here next year.