Formula One Features — August 2018

Sebastian Vettel's victory in last Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix may have been the pivotal moment of this year's Formula One World Championship. The German's dominant victory finally made justice to the obvious technical advantage Ferrari has been enjoying for the last three months. As mentioned in the previous column, Vettel and Ferrari had thrown away two excellent opportunities to win in Hockenheim and in the Hungaroring, heading into the summer break with the four-times World Champion trailing Lewis Hamilton by 24 points, so another defeat in Spa-Francorchamps could have dealt a fatal blow to the German's title hopes.