Sebastian Vettel is hoping to end his winless streak in Brazil – the scene of his last victory – and reckons the unpredictable weather might give him a chance.
The Red Bull driver has played second fiddle to team-mate Daniel Ricciardo this season. Whilst Vettel has failed to stand atop the top step this year, Ricciardo has three victory’s to his name.
The German hopes the advantage will swing his way in Brazil.
“I think the weather forecast looks quite interesting,” he said.
“If everything goes normal, there’s a dry race and you have to expect the Mercedes to win because they have quite a big advantage.
“I think there’s people that haven’t won for a longer time and I think it’s part of Formula 1 as well sometimes,” he added.
The four-time champion believes he could have won a few races this year if things had only been slightly different, such as strategy, but admitted in most cases the win has been out of reach.
“I think I had races where if things had gone a little bit different this year I could have won,” he said. “Performance-wise, I think we got very close to win in Canada. If I’d pitted a lap later it’d be a different story.
“In terms of pace we looked very strong in Singapore as well and in Hungary. But obviously where I was when the Safety Car came out in Hungary, it didn’t really favour me.
“We had some races where we were closer; the majority of races, it’s not a secret: the win was out of reach because obviously the Mercedes were so far away.”
