Vettel was more dominant than ever on his way to a fourth straight F1 title this year, setting records and establishing himself as one of the greatest drivers of all time. He won nine straight races to end the year and seemed ready to win just as many more if the season hadn’t ended.
Sunday’s win at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix was a perfect way to cap his impressive year. He matched Michael Schumacher’s 2004 record of 13 wins in a season and equaled the nine consecutive wins of Alberto Ascari in 1952 and ‘53. ‘I’m actually quite sad that this season comes to an end,’ Vettel said. ‘I think the last couple of races, really since the summer break, to win every race is unbelievable.
The car has been phenomenal. Just kept getting better.’ Vettel won four of the first 10 races and was untouchable in the last nine, facing no challenges from the rest of the field. The last time a different driver won an F1 race was in July. Last week at the United States GP, he broke Schumacher’s 2004 mark of seven straight wins. At the Indian GP, the 26-year-old German became the youngest driver to win four world championships.
‘I don’t think that he can quite believe what he has achieved,’ Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said. ‘He has been so dominant. And I have said it before, he will continue to improve and we probably haven’t seen the best of him.’
Sunday’s win at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix was a perfect way to cap his impressive year. He matched Michael Schumacher’s 2004 record of 13 wins in a season and equaled the nine consecutive wins of Alberto Ascari in 1952 and ‘53. ‘I’m actually quite sad that this season comes to an end,’ Vettel said. ‘I think the last couple of races, really since the summer break, to win every race is unbelievable.
The car has been phenomenal. Just kept getting better.’ Vettel won four of the first 10 races and was untouchable in the last nine, facing no challenges from the rest of the field. The last time a different driver won an F1 race was in July. Last week at the United States GP, he broke Schumacher’s 2004 mark of seven straight wins. At the Indian GP, the 26-year-old German became the youngest driver to win four world championships.
‘I don’t think that he can quite believe what he has achieved,’ Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said. ‘He has been so dominant. And I have said it before, he will continue to improve and we probably haven’t seen the best of him.’