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Analysis – How Sebastian Vettel’s title charge derailed

Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel surprised the Formula 1 community during the winter testing when the German driver was setting the pace behind the wheel of the SF70H. However, after a fierce and hard-fought 2017 Championship season, the title slipped away from the hands of the quadruple champion. A series of incidents, misfortunes and some reliability woes hindered the German to capitalize on the pace of Ferrari’s 2017 masterpiece. Since 2014, the inception of the double-hybrid era, Mercedes was holding the rein and seized upon the new engine formula. Between 2014 and 2016, over a stretch of three seasons, the German-Anglo squad won 51 of 59 races which outmatched the results of former...
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