typically, cut to the chase when weighing up what could be the weekend of his life with a colleague.
"It's simple, mate," he said. "Put it on pole, then disappear!"
As long as , the , finishes third or worse behind the Australian in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it would be that simple.
, with no need for a and Red Bull would have completed a  entirely in keeping with chief technical officer Adrian Newey's magnificent RB6 design.
But little in this switchback season has been straightforward - particularly at Red Bull, where Vettel could have wrapped up the title some races ago had he had greater reliability.
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Felipe Massa could not have made his intentions for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix any clearer.
"I expect to win the race," he said after arriving at on Thursday. "I see myself taking points from other drivers who are fighting for the championship."
Given his recent record at his home track, Massa has every reason to bang the drum for his side of the Ferrari garage.
He has started his last three races at Interlagos on pole. He has won twice and sacrificed another certain victory in 2007 to allow former team-mate ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, who was then at McLaren.
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Go on, admit it. How many of you were tipping for the 2010 world championship at the start of the year?
Hugely popular, massively likeable, a sports nut who's as happy to shoot the breeze about , or as he is to talk about Fernando Alonso, or Bernie Ecclestone.
But Jenson Button's successor as the next Formula 1 champion? Alonso, Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel maybe, but not the 34-year-old Australian who had only won his first grand prix in 2009.
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