Ferrari erred by not giving Sebastian Vettel chance to win race
Hindustan TimesMore than any sport, numbers tell a story in motor racing. For the first three races, the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel led the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. The Austrian Grand Prix this weekend — held at the Red Bull Ring circuit in the town of Spielberg — shuffled the deck one more time, with Vettel finishing third and Hamilton retiring from the race, meaning that, improbably enough, Vettel leads the title race. The action on track isn’t as dramatic as these numbers suggest, though Sunday’s race gave us a sharp overtake from Vettel as he bravely took to the grass in order to scythe past Hamilton. As the Austrian race wound to a Mercedes-less close, Vettel was behind Kimi Raikkonen, his Finnish teammate without a Ferrari contract next year, who would naturally be expected to move over to let Vettel pocket three extra points.