5 F1 Rumours: Vettel should be on the verge of a 5th world championship & more

Welcome to Sportskeeda's latest round of Formula One rumours as we bring you the latest behind the scenes gossip.

It's been a couple of days since Lewis Hamilton wowed us in the Singapore streets by taking a 40 point lead over Sebastian Vettel, securing a 7th win of the season.

There are still plenty of driving seats still to be decided ahead of the 2019 season. Who will go where? Who's F1 career is at risk?

Here are 8 F1 rumours to get yourselves delved into...

#5 Vettel should be leading the championship

F1 Grand Prix of Singapore

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel should be on the cusp of a fifth world championship according to a latest article found on ESPN.

As we have already mentioned, Vettel looks to be down and nearly out of this year's championship running after another error of judgement from Sunday's race at the Singapore Grand Prix.

There are just six races remaining on the 2018 calendar and somehow, someway the German will need to turn it all around.

ESPN have pin pointed where it all went wrong for Vettel this season.

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#4 Williams are stuck with future plans no thanks to Stroll

Thinking time for Mr Stroll

Williams are still in 'limbo' over their driver's line-up for 2019 as their current recruit Lance Stroll's future is still not yet decided.

Stroll is heavily linked to join his father, Lawrence Stroll, at Racing Point Force India after his Dad brought the team.

The Canadian could join the Silverstone based team in a matter of days but it seems as though the bosses back at Williams have no idea what Stroll plans to do according to Planet F1.

Esteban Ocon is expected to depart Force India which has annoyed many F1 fans including the Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff.

Stroll to Force India for the remainder of the season?

#3 Wehrlein top of the tree for Toro Rosso seat

Wehrlein's future in F1 may still be possible

GrandPrix.com have reported that Pascal Wehrlein is the hot favourite to be offered a seat at Toro Rosso for 2019.

It was only recently that the young German had departed from the Mercedes driver's programme after he was one of Sauber's main drivers in last year's F1 world championship.

But now Wehrlein is available on the driver's market and the Red Bull boss, Helmut Marko, has got his eyes on the 23-year-old.

It is expected that next week's Russian Grand Prix in Sochi will see the full announcement of Toro Rosso's line-up for next season.

Will Wehrlein be included?

#2 Alonso to Nascar?

Alonso is retiring from F1 in November

Some latest news coming out about Fernando Alonso's future in the motorsport industry and that may include the Nascar racing series.

Race Fans have published that Alonso's history of 'burning bridges' may lead him to race in Nascar.

Many believe the Spaniard wants to compete in next year's Indy 500 and if Alonso was to go and win the famous racing event he would complete the 'triple crown'.

Alonso does have a history of bad relationships including his recent interview that Red Bull offered him a seat on a number of occasions.

But Red Bull's Team Principal Christian Horner responded to Alonso's quotes by stating that he's tended to cause a bit of chaos wherever he goes.

Could you see Alonso racing in Nascar?

#1 'Ferrari have the best car, but not the best driver'

Vettel has not won a world championship since 2013

It looks as though a majority of Scuderia Ferrari fans have given up on Sebastian Vettel to win the team's first world championship since 2007, for this season anyway.

Vettel is 40 points behind Lewis Hamilton with only six races to go but there seems to be no excuse for the German.

Many believe this year's Ferrari car is more powerful than the Mercedes leaving not much sympathy for Vettel.

GP Fans write that La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote 'Goodbye to the Vettel title'.

How many more chances is Vettel going to be given?

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