Vettel had joined Ferrari the previous year from Red Bull, where he had won four straight world championships from 2010 to 2013, dominating the sport. Yet for all his success, nothing could match the allure of racing for F1’s most famous,

Former Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger said that the myth surrounding the Italian team makes achieving a Formula One title with them more difficult. "Success with Ferrari is twice as hard than with any other team,

Lewis Hamilton winning a record eighth Formula One title in the red overalls of Ferrari at the age of 40 would be a story straight out of Hollywood, whose own Brad Pitt movie is scheduled to race across cinema screens in June.