Sebastian Vettel Leaving Red Bull at Wrong Time for Fresh Start in F1 Career

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Published: October 4, 2014

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In this season of misery and underachievement for Sebastian Vettel, the announcement could only ever have come at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Suzuka circuit has held so much significance for both the German and his Red Bull Racing team during their rise to prominence in recent years, with the grid's most formidable driver-team combination scooping four pole positions and four wins in five seasons between 2009 and 2013.

Each of those victories has either proved his world championship credentials or allowed him to place one hand on the trophy.



And even on the one occasion when he didn't triumph at the track, in 2011, it didn't really matter—he just secured the crown, as so many before him have done at Suzuka, instead.

This year, however, there has been no title chasing.

No points to prove.

No dreams to be realised. No memories to be made, no champagne waiting to be sprayed. No history to be written.

And no hope.

The man who had previously never started off the front row and has never failed to record a podium at Suzuka is—on the track at least—a peripheral figure this weekend, trapped in ninth place on the grid, almost two seconds adrift, as per the official Formula One website, of the pole position slot that not too long ago had his name on it.

After the blip that was his best result of 2014, second place, at the Singapore Grand Prix a fortnight ago, this was brutal confirmation that Vettel's time at Red Bull had run its course. 



The four-time word champion, however, did not hang around for the sentencing, with his departure from the team at the end of the season—presumably to Ferrari—confirmed by Red Bull ahead of qualifying.



The style of the Milton Keynes-based outfit's announcement was telling, with the news that Vettel would be replaced by Daniil Kvyat, t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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