YEARENDER-Motor racing-Vettel hit Formula One for four


Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany prepares for the second practice session of the U.S. F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young

LONDON (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel was on such a record roll in 2013 that by the time Formula One rocks up for next year's season-opener in Australia it will be almost eight months since anyone else won a grand prix.

Even allowing for an August shutdown and three month winter break, that single statistic highlights just how demoralising a year it has been for all those trying to beat Red Bull's quadruple world champion.

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