At the beginning of this year’s Formula One campaign, the German looked set to use his superior red car to scratch back ground against Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Sebastian Vettel’s season struggles continued in Suzuka as an error-strewn performance saw him finish well adrift

But in Monza (Italy), Singapore, Russia and now Japan, not only did Ferrari’s mistakes reign, but the Maranello team’s formerly superior 2018 car dropped steadily behind.

“I will not leave Ferrari.” Vettel said after the race before leaving Suzuka. “I’m part of the team and I want that to be the case and nothing else,” he said

“I think we have a lot of potential. Of course, the last races did not go well for us and we made it too easy for Mercedes. But even so the spirit within the team is good.”

However, Vettel recognizes that the championship is now looking mathematically impossible as Hamilton is likely to grab the title in the United States Grand Prix.

“Of course we know that it is difficult now. But what else do we have to lose? 

“We will give everything and there are still important things we can learn and understand about the car,” he said.

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Sebastian Vettel’s gamble however exploded in his face when he crashed into Red Bull‘s Max Verstappen and almost handed the world title to the Mercedes driver. The result means Ferrari‘s Vettel is 67 points behind Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton is now in a position to win his fifth world championship with victory at the United States Grand Prix next time out

Lewis Hamilton will win the world championship if he wins the United States Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel fails to finish second. Hamilton can also claim the title by outscoring Vettel by eight points in Austin.

 It was a calming race at the front, Hamilton so in control on his way to his sixth win in seven races that he at one point asked his team if they were still there, so little did they need to talk to him.

It seems strange to think it now, but it is not that long since Hamilton and Mercedes looked like they were in a real dogfight for this title but it seems like the Briton is going to make it happen.

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