Vettel says 'not right time' to think about fourth consecutive F1 title

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has said that he is trying not to think about the fact that he can win his fourth world title in Japan next week.

According to the BBC, the driver will be champion if he wins at Suzuka and rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari is lower than eighth.

Vettel said that to be honest, he did not really care but was looking forward to Japan because it was one of the nicest tracks, adding that there is a still a chance for Fernando, so the team has to stay on the top of their game.

After his dominant victory in Korea on Sunday, Vettel is 77 points ahead of Alonso, who finished sixth in Korea, with a maximum of 125 available from the remaining five races, the report said.

It is more likely Vettel will win the title in either India or Abu Dhabi, the two races after Japan, as Alonso has finished as low as eighth only once this season when he has made it to the end of a race, and that was when his car had a reliability problem in Bahrain, the report added.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner admitted Red Bull would have to try quite hard to screw it up, but insisted the team were not focusing on the fact they were on the verge of a fourth drivers' and constructors' double, the report further said.