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Why no Lewis-Vettel title fight?

The Australian GP was the 179th time Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have shared a Formula 1 starting grid, yet one curious anomaly surrounds their rivalry: the absence of a head-to-head, season-long battle for the world title. They are the 2017 grid's most successful drivers, but Hamilton and Vettel have still never yet finished first and second to each other in the same Drivers' Championship after 10 seasons apiece in F1. Hamilton: F1 2017 the 'best versus the best' And that's despite winning six of the last seven championships between them. "It's been a privilege to be racing in an era with him and now finally at a period of time when we can actually have a real race," said...
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