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Vettel on brink of yet another record

Red Bull driver could match Schumacher’s longest winning-streak in Abu Dhabi.

Reuters October 30, 2013

Vettel has won the last six grands prix and is now on the brink of matching fellow-German Michael Schumacher’s 2004 run of seven for Ferrari. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

ABU DHABI: After securing his fourth successive Formula One title last Sunday, Sebastian Vettel can now equal the longest winning streak in the sport’s modern era at the same circuit where he won his first.

The 26-year-old Red Bull driver, whose victory in the day-to-night race at Yas Marina in 2010 made him the youngest of world champions, has won the last six grands prix and is now on the brink of matching fellow-German Michael Schumacher’s 2004 run of seven for Ferrari.

Vettel will be the favourite in Abu Dhabi, a race he was won twice in the four years of its existence, after becoming Formula One’s youngest quadruple champion with a win in India.

“There’s three to go, it’s like three FA Cup finals,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner when asked whether he and his driver still cared about the last three races of the championship

“We’re going to go and give it everything all the way to the last race.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st, 2013.

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