Celebrating Sebastian's Suzuka superpowers
By modern standards, Sebastian Vettel is almost unbeatable at Suzuka and Sunday's victory was proof of that. Michelo Merlino studies the figures to explain just how mighty Vettel's performance was and explains how he has become so 'big in Japan'
He's the reigning two-time world champion, and if his current form is anything to go by Sebastian Vettel could be about to join an elite band of two who've won three titles in a row; the others, of course, are Michael Schumacher and the great Juan Manuel Fangio, who took four in succession between 1954 and 1957.
Given where he's had to fight back from points-position-wise in this campaign, it will be no mean feat, but on Sunday it wasn't the only parallel Vettel could have drawn with the legendary Argentinean following the Red Bull driver's Suzuka rout.
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