Even Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise would baulk at the task facing Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel after a dismal Japanese Grand Prix weekend for the German and his Italian team. Vettel’s hopes of winning a fifth Formula 1 title this season moved away from slim and closer to virtually non-existent after Suzuka. Lewis Hamilton’s pole-to-flag victory, the Briton’s sixth win in seven races and ninth of the season, delivered another hammer blow to a rival whose challenge has swiftly self-destructed. Vettel is now 67 points behind his Mercedes rival with four races — worth a maximum 100 points — to go. The battle between the two four-times champions looks effectively over, even if...
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