Japanese Grand Prix 2013: Highlighting Sebastian Vettel’s Greatest Threats

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Published: October 13, 2013

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Out of all the races on the F1 calendar that Sebastian Vettel has won over the past few weeks, the Japanese Grand Prix is probably the one you would have fancied him in the most. The Red Bull driver loves it here. He has been on pole position for the last four years in Suzuka and has gone on to win the race on three of those occasions. 



Whilst not the most popular figure in every venue on the calendar, the fanatical Japanese supporters embrace Vettel as one of their own, and they will be hoping he can secure his fourth successive world championship in front of them on Sunday. He will, if he wins and Fernando Alonso finishes lower than eighth.

This weekend, however, things haven’t gone entirely Vettel’s way. He looked imperious in the second session of free practice, granted. But he was plagued by reliability issues in the final practice session, which manifested itself as an absence of KERS in qualifying.

Still, Vettel managed to produce a wonderful drive to secure second place on Sunday's grid behind teammate Mark Webber. 

Perhaps, Vettel isn’t invincible around here after all then? Well, at least for this weekend. Let’s highlight some of the drivers who will pose a real threat to the German driver on Sunday.

 

Mark Webber



The most obvious candidate is Australian Mark Webber. Vettel’s Red Bull teammate will be walking away from the sport at the end of this season and has spoken of his desire to finish with a flourish.

After out-qualifying his teammate for the first time this season, he has an excellent chance to do exactly that. If Webber can stave off Vettel early on, he should be able to pull away from the rest of the field as the race draws out.

But, Webber qualifying in front of Vettel throws up that age-old issue of team orders. Would Webber be asked to move aside if the title wa...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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