Formula One returns to action in Spa this weekend after an unprecedented volume of contract activity during the summer break. Yet much serious business is far from settled – especially for the title protagonists Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, who begin a championship run-in likely to decided by the finest of margins.
After Hamilton won in Hungary the curtain fell on a demanding first half of the season. At the time there were many ongoing driver negotiations but little was anticipated in terms of actual movement over the break. Just five days later Daniel Ricciardo made the shock announcement that he would not, as had been expected, re-sign with Red Bull but was to join Renault for 2019.
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/22/lewis-hamilton-sebastian-vettel-formula-one-championship-run-in under the title “Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel’s battle will fall on skill, not machinery | Giles Richards”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
