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Toro Rosso confirms Vettel for 2008

Sebastian Vettel will race for Toro Rosso next season, the team announced today. The 20-year-old has just been confirmed as Scott Speed's replacement for the rest of the season but the Faenza-based outfit decided to extend his deal to the end of 2008 even before his first outing for the team.

Vettel has already raced this season - stepping in for the injured BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica at Indianapolis in June and finishing a solid eighth. Tomorrow the youngest driver to ever score a point in F1 will be driving the STR2 for the first time at Budapest.

He said about the upcoming weekend and the season ahead: "It's difficult to predict because I've never been in the car, so tomorrow will be the first time but for sure, the car is not as strong as the top cars in front and there is a lot of work to do, but I think I can bring some motivation to the team and try my best to improve the situation and then finally get some points."

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