Why Sebastian Vettel Will Finish 3rd in 2015 Formula 1 Championship Race

If Ferrari had been a little bolder (and dare we say, a little smarter), Sebastian Vettel might have won last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. On Lap 30 of the 78-lap race, the German was, according to the FIA television feed, roughly a second adrift of second-placed Nico Rosberg as the pit-stop window approached, close enough to perfect the undercut technique. And Seb knew it. "I'm close now," he told the team over the pit-to-car radio, per the same source, in that menacing way of his, encouraging the pit wall to do their thing, to exploit their lead-driver's good work at the first, only round of stops. But Rosberg knew it too and, according to the FIA's Race Lap Analysis, upped his pace dramatically. Having previously set times in the region...

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