"F1 doesn't define who I am" says Vettel

Sebastian Vettel is adamant that Formula One does not "define me as a person".

Vettel is one of the only drivers that doesn't operate on social media as the German decides to keep his private life just that.

Complaints have been made about the Ferrari driver claiming he's 'boring' and former F1 owner Bernie Ecclestone has even said that Lewis Hamilton makes a better world champion than Vettel.

"Sebastian is not doing much for F1. People hardly recognise him on the street," Ecclestone claimed.

Vettel is sure that he won't change, though.

"Obviously F1 is a big part of my life but it is not the most important thing," Vettel told The Guardian.

"They are linked, but it is important there is a lot of time where it doesn't define who I am.

"I don't feel special because of what I do for a job. I am a lot of other things as well. It doesn't define me as a person. It is not who I am, it is what I do.

"I am happy to do things that people think are boring but for me they are not. Being at home, mowing the lawn. I cook - not so good, but from time to time.

"I do the school run, I go shopping, I take the metro and the bus. I think it's just normal to be normal.

"I am sportsman, I am not celebrity. So when I go somewhere and somebody recognises me I think they are interested in sport and not in how I do my hair, or which shoes I am wearing or that bollocks."