Oliver Goethe: My Greatest Influences

Campos Racing’s Oliver Goethe is currently preparing to hit the track once again in Imola for Round 3 of the season.

But before he jumps back into the car, we wanted to take a look at the people that inspired his rise to Formula 3. The German driver reveals all and the list includes a couple of multiple time F1 World Champions.

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SEBASTIAN VETTEL

“I feel like we are following very similar career paths. He was a Red Bull junior from Germany and so am I, so hopefully I can end up having a career like his, with a few World Championships.

“He was an amazing driver, he won multiple World Championships, and I really liked his attitude, his humour was also good. I just liked his whole vibe and definitely aspire to be like him. I never met him but pretty much my whole childhood growing up he was racing, so I was always supporting him.”

MAX VERSTAPPEN

“Right now, he is dominating, and he is just an absolute animal. The consistency he has and the fact that he can always be very quick straight away all the time I think is really impressive.

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“I think that is who most drivers look up too right now because of his dominance, so I definitely aspire to be like that as well.

“I don't know him personally, but I've met him once just very briefly so that was quite a surreal experience. Hopefully, I can meet him more in the future, now being a Red Bull Junior and who knows maybe we could end up being teammates.”

STUART HALL

“He is my coach and has been with me all the way. He has always helped me; we train a lot, and he definitely motivates me a lot. He is always there during the good moments and the bad moments supporting me, so he plays an important role in my career.

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“Like I said, he supports me during the tough times and the good times, whenever everything is going smooth everyone is there for you but when everything is going wrong he is always the first to be there for me.

"He motivates me to keep fighting and never to give up, to continue working hard and I think it's essential to have someone like that by your side and to help you in that way."