Vettel's defiance shows he isn't finished yet
There were doubts about whether Sebastian Vettel could once again be a leading force in Formula 1. But by ignoring a team order in the Russian Grand Prix he showed he may be able to dig deep and return to the fore
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All world champions are ruthless.
This characteristic manifests itself in many different ways - be it in a willingness to get involved in on-track scrapes, a callous lack of regard for rivals, the single-minded focus on their own ends to the exclusion of all others, or any of the myriad ways things that can get edgy in a race.
But all 33 Formula 1 world champions, to a greater or lesser extent, have this in their blood.
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