Sebastian Vettel’s 2 consecutive F1 World Championships will be a stepping stone for a hat-trick this year, but it will be difficult to realise as everyone in the F1 field will be out to challenge him and Red Bull for honours.

Vettel and team-mate Webber took time out last week to unveil their new ride, the RB8 which was designed by Adrian Newey and has the same duck-bill chopped nose as all the other F1 cars this season with the exception of McLaren.

Australian Mark Webber and Vettel took their first test drives in the new machine last week and declared the Red Bull machinery as well on the pace to be better than the supersceded model The performances of Red Bull last year had Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone preferring there was more competition in the Formula.

This year may be a different story as the rest of the teams having caught up with technology will make the competition even closer.