News Details

Sebastian Vettel gracious in defeat, congratulates Lewis Hamilton on fifth F1 title

2018 drivers' runner-up Sebastian Vettel was gracious in defeat after Lewis Hamilton clinched his fifth Formula 1 world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix. Vettel needed to win all three remaining races with Hamilton outside of the top seven, however, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen taking the victory in Mexico, Vettel finally lost out on being able to overhaul Hamilton. In the immediate post-race interviews, the Ferrari driver spoke to former F1 driver David Coulthard and even cut his interview short with the Scotsman to go and congratulate Hamilton in person. 'I congratulated him,' said the German. 'I think he drove superb all year and was the better one of us two, I told him...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton: Formula 1 has broken me and built me

Lewis Hamilton is days away from possibly claiming his fifth Formula 1...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Glock has 'rarely' seen Vettel so hurt

Former Formula 1 driver, and friend of Sebastian Vettel, Timo Glock has...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Downbeat Vettel insists "it should have been a...

Sebastian Vettel remains in the Championship battle, but only just. His...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Vettel: The spins that I had were all quite weird

Ferrari’s Formula 1 title contender Sebastian Vettel has suggested his...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marquez relishing renewed MotoGP venture with Gresini...

Marc Marquez has expressed that he is relishing his new venture with...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.