Is Sebastian Vettel Now a Great of Formula 1?

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Published: October 28, 2013

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Sebastian Vettel’s fine drive to victory at Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix meant that he joins an elite list of drivers to have won four world drivers’ championships.

Vettel’s title triumph was his fourth in succession and in achieving the feat he draws alongside compatriot Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alain Prost in having won at least that many and only Schumacher and Fangio have also won four on the trot.

At the tender age of 26, Vettel is the youngest of the four to have done so but the German wunderkid is no stranger to breaking records. His dominant 2011 season saw him rack up the most points in a season, most pole positions and the most laps led.

Vettel himself is a keen student of the history of the sport and acknowledged it was hard to come to terms with what he had achieved afterwards, as quoted on BBC Sport. 

Fangio did five and everybody appreciated him as the best driver in the world. Michael came along many years later, different time, different era - I am just talking as a fan - he had a very dominant car but he created that in Ferrari. He was working very hard - he worked harder than anyone else. He had some tough challenges - [Juan Pablo] Montoya, Kimi [Raikkonen], David [Coulthard], Fernando [Alonso] - and it is incredible one guy managed to score more titles than this guy [Fangio] did. To join people like that is very difficult for me to put into perspective. I am far too young to understand what it means.



But are statistics alone a true measure of greatness? Not everyone is a fan of Vettel and his dominance of the sport and many have voiced their frustrations through a chorus of boos during a number of Vettel’s podium celebrations this season.

The doubters will still argue that Vettel has only reached this level of dominance because of the equal brilliance of Adrian Newey and the machine he has been provided with and...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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