Is Ferrari's temperamental champion now yesterday's man?
Once a dominant force in Formula 1, Sebastian Vettel ended last season in the shadow of his young team-mate Charles Leclerc. NIGEL ROEBUCK ponders whether number-two status awaits the four-time champ...
Chatting to Anthony Davidson at Daytona back in 2013, I asked him for his thoughts on the coming Formula 1 season. He didn't hesitate: "Sebastian Vettel will win his fourth world championship - I'd bet my house on it, and why? Because the rules haven't changed, which means you can still have a blown diffuser - Adrian Newey is the master of designing it, and Vettel's the master of driving it.
"If we were talking a year from now, when the rules change hugely, I wouldn't have a clue about the season to come, but for now I think there's no way Vettel and Red Bull will lose..."
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