Sebastian Vettel leads special ranking – four-time world champion before the next title?

Is Sebastian Vettel getting another title?

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Sebastian Vettel has already won the Formula 1 World Championship four times. Now he could win his next title somewhat surprisingly in the current season.

Sochi – At the last race weekend the two world title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fought another close duel. Sebastian Vettel started in tenth place, but only finished the race in Sochi, Russia, in twelfth place. Although the Heppenheimer missed out again last Sunday in terms of points, he is in first place in a special statistic. And could even win a title in his first season as Aston-Martin driver!

Formula 1: Will Sebastian Vettel win the newly introduced title? Teammate lurks in second place

Vettel did not fall in Russia due to his aggressive driving style, as the racing series published after the Grand Prix, but he leads the statistics for most overtaking maneuvers. In the current Formula 1 season, the 34-year-old managed 95 times on one of his To pull opponents past.

But Vettel’s lead is only four maneuvers, his team mate Lance Stroll is in second place with 91 overtakes, behind him is the veteran Fernando Alonso from the Alpine team with 88 maneuvers. At the end of the season, however, it is not settled until the pilot with the highest number becomes the new title holder of the “Crypto.com Overtake Award”. The competition was only introduced to choose the best overtaker of the year.

Formula 1: Former Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel could become a competition

Vettel’s former team-mate Charles Leclerc is currently only in eighth place in the ranking, but in Sochi the Monegasse was a serious contender for the title. With a total of 18 overtaking maneuvers, the Ferrari – driver secured the highest value of the day, in the end he landed he only came in a disappointing 15th place.

In two weeks’ time, Vettel will already have the opportunity to extend his lead at the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul. So the Hessian could take at least one more title with his new racing team in his premiere season. In the driver standings the four-time world champion is currently in twelfth place with 35 championship points, So he’s a long way from the title fight this year. There are seven races left for the premier class drivers this year. (ajr)

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