SUZUKA, Japan -- He may be a season-high 50 points adrift of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' championship but Sebastian Vettel is refusing to treat this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix as a "now or never" race.
Wins to Hamilton in Singapore and Russia has seen the Mercedes driver take firm control of the title fight with just five races remaining in the season. So dominant is Hamilton's position right now that he could still claim the title even if Vettel was to end the year on a five-race winning streak.
However, Vettel, who has only finished ahead of Hamilton in one of the past six races, insists he isn't putting any extra pressure on Ferrari or himself this weekend in Suzuka -- a track he has won at on four occasions.