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Vettel: Ferrari's fate in our own hands

10:25, 21 Jan 2019

byJake Williams-Smith

After missing out on the 2018 world championship, Sebastian Vettel believes that Ferrari holds control over their own destiny in 2019. The German slumped in form around the halfway point in last season's campaign but believes

Ferrari and Vettel hit rough patches of form at the worst possible time in the battle against Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton, allowing a possibly weaker car to seize the initiative in the title fight.

Speaking at the Race of Champions event in Mexico, Vettel believes that the team knows the job it needs to do to recover and win but that any predictions at this stage would be far too premature.

"It's down to us to do the job. It’s difficult to say at this time of year," said Vettel.

"Everybody’s still in the dark, we’re waiting for the cars to come and then get a feel and we’ll see in the first race.

"But looking forward, it’ll be a big challenge, what we want to achieve I think is clear. In terms of support I think here also there were a lot of Ferrari fans so we’re not lacking in terms of support."