Lights Out: Indifference or mind-games from Vettel?

Lights Out: Indifference or mind-games from Vettel?

Originally written by Joas van Wingerden. This version is a translation.

Sunday 18 March 2018 10:00

We're just seven days away from the first race of the 2018 Formula 1 season. With the countdown on, there are still so many questions to be answered? Who's going to win in Melbourne? Will Ferrari and Mercedes be joined in the fight at the front? We might have a few clues. It's lights out for Sunday morning!

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Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton gave us a thrilling title fight last year, the kind of which we'd missed in the Mercedes-dominated years before.

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After THAT incident in Baku, you might think there's a bit of needle between them, not so - according to Vettel!

Red Bull are expected to give the Scuderia and Silver Arrows something else to think about in 2018.

But could that fight become even wider? Mika Hakkinen tipped another team to get involved - it won't surprise you who...

If the Bulls are to hit the ground running, they'll need Daniel Ricciardo to shake off his previous struggles on home soil.

It's a big year for Ricciardo, who is a free agent next season. His compatriot Mark Webber discussed the "tightrope" Ricciardo will walk in 2018.

Hopefully good news for the British Grand Prix. Ross Brawn talked up Silverstone's chances of remaining in F1 beyond the end of its deal in 2019.

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Last year, one of @LewisHamilton's biggest fans wrote him a letter
Unfortunately, it got lost... But over the winter, we found it, and invited Little Lewis to come and see us
We just forgot to mention that a special member of the Team was there that day too… #DrivenByEachOther pic.twitter.com/jkJs4uR7OS — Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) March 17, 2018