Sebastian Vettel believes six drivers have chance to win the world championship in 2019. Sebastian Vettel believes six drivers have chance to win the world championship in 2019.

After the Australian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen made it clear Red Bull has the ability to compete with Mercedes and Ferrari with their new partnership with Honda.

Lewis Hamilton has already spoken about a three-way fight for the championship this season. His rival, Sebastian Vettel expects more drivers to be involved in the battle for the big trophy.

“I can only speak for myself, but I think there are three large teams again and all those teams have enough potential to take the world title this year,” Vettel explains to RaceFans.

“We look at ourselves first and we are hopefully faster than everyone else, but I think it will be very tight.”

Pierre Gasly missed out on points in Australia, but Vettel warns against writing him off for the season. He expects the young Frenchman to come fighting back in Bahrain.

“I think that Pierre had a little bad luck [ on Saturday]. I think he did no worse than Max Verstappen seen over the entire weekend,” Vettel said.

“I think that all six drivers of the top teams will get involved in the fight. Hopefully, we can continue to fight as long as possible to make the decision later in the season.”