Can Sebastian Vettel ‘Make the Impossible Possible’ and Win the 2015 F1 Title?

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Published: August 4, 2015

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After winning the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel sits 42 points behind Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One drivers' standings. Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, splits the pair perfectly, 21 points ahead of Vettel.

After the Budapest race, Vettel spoke about his chances of winning the title, saying, "There is still a lot of work to do to catch up but you never know," according to the BBC's Andrew Benson. "I am sure we will try absolutely everything and try to make the impossible possible."

In this case, "impossible" is the right word to use.

With nine grands prix remaining in the season, Vettel needs to outscore Hamilton by an average of nearly five points per race to beat him to the title. And that is not even taking into account whatever Rosberg does in the second half of the year.

Vettel's average finishing position in 2015 is third, but because points are not distributed evenly between the finishing positions, he has averaged 16 points per race (third place is actually worth 15).



To illustrate how difficult it will be for Vettel to catch the Mercs, let's say his average finishing position for the rest of the season is second and he scores 18 points per race (a stretch, considering Hamilton and Rosberg have taken 15 of 20 first- and second-place finishes so far this year). That would give Vettel 322 points at the end of the year.

Meanwhile, Hamilton's performance deteriorates and his average finishing position over the last nine races falls to third (it was second for the first 10 races)—he scores just 15 points per race.

Hamilton would end the season with 337 points, while Vettel would score 322.

And someone would still need to pick up the slack from Hamilton's hypothetical stumble. That person would likely be Rosberg, who would probably beat both Hamilton and Vettel to the title in this scenario.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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