News Details

Vettel: Mercedes were better and faster

This season Sebastian Vettel broke the Mercedes stranglehold on the top two places in the Formula 1 championship standings and looked forward to mounting a stronger challenge with Ferrari in 2018. The four times world champion finished third at the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to end the championship as runner-up to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and ahead of race winner Valtteri Bottas. It was the first time since the complex V6 turbo hybrid engines were introduced in 2014, ushering in an era of Mercedes domination, that a non-Mercedes driver had ended the season in the top two. Ferrari may have taken what Vettel called 'a fair beating' under the Yas Marina floodlights but the German...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen: 2017 F1 season "far from what I...

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen admits his 2017 Formula 1 season was “far”...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Vettel: Winning in Abu Dhabi would be a very cosy...

Sebastian Vettel has good memories of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix where he...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton fastest in Abu Dhabi practice

Four times world champion Lewis Hamilton kept Mercedes on top in the...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

Bragging rights and big bucks at stake in Abu Dhabi...

The Formula 1 season winds up in Abu Dhabi, on Sunday with both world...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...

The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...

Aprilia Racing presents 2026 MotoGP livery

Aprilia Racing kicked off 2026 by unveiling its newest MotoGP livery in...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Berta eyes bold move, Arsenal poised to trump rivals...

Arsenal are very interested in signing the Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet....
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I didn’t think he had it in him' - Jimmy Floyd...

Former Chelsea hitman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has said that he had doubts...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting...

The Premier League is back in action with another round of matches this...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Lip reader spills what Declan Rice really said in...

Arsenal picked up a win over Chelsea in the Carabao Cup last night, and...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

How to watch Red Bull livery launches as Verstappen and...

Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo are set to... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Ford slams ‘patently absurd’ Cadillac claims as F1...

Formula 1 hasn’t even reached the starting grid... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

F1 star turns to AI after pre-season axe

Axed F1 star Jack Doohan already has a new... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.