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Sebastian Vettel puts his faith in new car named 'Hungry Heidi'

Thursday, Mar 14, 2013, 18:36 IST | Agency: Reuters

The 25-year-old German has given a female name to all his Red Bull cars over the years and announced the latest moniker on his website (www.sebastianvettel.de) with a picture and the words "Hungry Heidi so far known to you as RB9". '

Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is hoping 'Hungry Heidi' will take him to a fourth successive Formula One world championship this season.

The 25-year-old German has given a female name to all his Red Bull cars over the years and announced the latest moniker on his website (www.sebastianvettel.de) with a picture and the words "Hungry Heidi so far known to you as RB9". '

Hungry Heidi' follows last year's 'Abbey'. Before that, the German drove 'Kate', 'Kate's Dirty Sister', 'Luscious Liz', 'Randy Mandy' and 'Kinky Kylie'. Vettel is favourite to make a winning start to the season in Melbourne in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)