Sebastian Vettel has described his six years at Ferrari as “a rollercoaster ride” as he heads into his final race with the team in Abu Dhabi. Vettel said: “Looking back, there were a lot of things we should have and could have done better. Vettel said both he and the team had made mistakes over their time together, and pinpointed the 2018 season as being “decisive for many things”. It was the first of a series of driver errors as Ferrari’s season fell apart, and Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton grew stronger over the second part of the year. “If you allow Fernando then basically you have to allow everyone,” Vettel said. In theory, Mercedes could wait as late as Saturday for Hamilton to test negative, as the latest time a driver can get in the car and be eligible to race is for qualifying.

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