Why Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel Will Not Dominate F1 in 2014

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Published: November 22, 2013

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When Michael Schumacher won five World Drivers' Championships in a row from 2000 to 2004, fans (other than the tifosi) were clamouring for a change. The same fatigue has set in now, with Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull claiming four straight titles, even though two of them were not decided until the final race.

While Fernando Alonso believes Red Bull will still have the fastest car on the grid in 2014, there are many reasons for fans of the other 10 teams to be hopeful.

First, the new technical regulations, and in particular the new engines, are likely to shake up the grid. And Red Bull's rivals already have a jump on them in developing their 2014 cars: Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali told the official F1 website that the team was shifting its resources to next year effective the end of September.



Meanwhile, Red Bull focused on wrapping up both titles this season. Following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, told ESPN F1 that, "We had to keep pushing and we put a lot of work into developing this year's car, which in truth meant some compromise to the development of next year's car, but we felt we needed to do that."


The team is also replacing the very experienced Mark Webber—and his car set-up knowledge—with Daniel Ricciardo, who has never raced a top-flight F1 car. Sebastian Vettel is already lamenting the loss of the elder Aussie, even though they were not always model teammates.

While Ricciardo is a talented driver, particularly in qualifying, a Vettel–Ricciardo pairing does not have the same top-to-bottom quality that Ferrari's and Mercedes' driver line-ups will have in 2014. The Italian team retains double world champion (and three-time runner-up) Fernando Alonso, matching him with 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen. Mercedes is keeping the same drivers who performed so well for them this year: Lewis Hamilton, t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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