Sebastian Vettel has refuted suggestions that he failed to make proper use of Formula 1's most dominant car after losing out to Lewis Hamilton in their race to reach five world title in 2018. Ferrari closed the gap to Mercedes in the power stakes this year and even appeared to have moved ahead in several races, but Vettel did not always come out on top. Between the Canadian and Italian Grands Prix, a novel way of expending electrical energy was estimated to have put Mercedes on the back foot for the first time in the V6 Hybrid era. However, Vettel only won three times in that eight-race stretch, with Hamilton victorious in four, as the German made costly mistakes in France, Germany and...
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