Sebastian Vettel: «It’s like a child being born. I’m not a father but they tell me that’s how it feels.»

Newey's Newborn: RB8

Adrian Newey: «We have broken the toy (…) We have taken a step back. I do not have an advantage.»

«That’s all taken away next year. Because the car was designed around that, then we’ve got to go back literally to the drawing board and try and think ‘okay, with that taken away how do we try and re-optimise the car?»

«It’s the usual thing for Formula 1: everyone works through the winter and you know what you’ve done yourself. But you’ve got no idea what everyone else has been up to until we get to the early tests and particularly the first race.»