Berlin: Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is vying to take a great step forward into the history books as he is aiming to become the youngest driver of the youngest driver to complete hat-trick of titles in Formula One which flags off from Melbourne in next week. Only Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and Germany’s Michael Schumacher have achieved this rare feat of completing a hat-trick of titles.
All good things come in threes and that would of course be something great, but until then there’s a long way to go,” Vettel said.
Vettel who won the titles for the last two years also helped his team Red Bull conquer the constructers crown would have a difficult task in hand as their pre season testing did not turn out to be as good as they would wanted. And the return of Bahrain GP and inaugural race in Austin, Texas would see the number of races increasing to 20. And also the season would feature six champions including Kimi Raikkonen who made a comeback with Lotus after years making the season the most gruesome one.
"I'm expecting the tightest start to a season we've seen for a number of years," said Ross Brawn to BBC, the boss of Mercedes Team.
"It is great for F1 to have so many world champions but just the quality of the field and the fact the cars look as if they're going to be a bit closer (means) I think we're going to have a really exciting season," he added.
After Red Bull’s dominance of the past two seasons, rivals are looking slightly more confident of their prospects as the teams brace for a season featuring a record six current and former world champions.
Meanwhile grass does not seem to be on the greener side for Ferrari as they are unable to derive maximum performance out of their new car.
Red Bull would be constantly pushed by McLaren and the duo of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton would be in contention throughout the season. German Nico Huelkenberg who has replaced compatriot Adrian Sutil at Force India had a good pre testing and would also be a force to reckon in the season.
By Indian Sports News Network
