London: Former driver David Coulthard says he won't be surprised if Sebastian Vettel goes on to win his fourth successive drivers' championship this season staring March 17 in Australia. "It won't be any more difficult [for Vettel] to make it four than it was to make it one," the former McLaren, Williams and Red Bull driver told BBC Radio 5 live on Sunday.
"You have got Jenson [Button], Lewis, Fernando [Alonso], Kimi [Raikkonen], Michael [Schumacher] when he was there - who are incredibly fast racing drivers. So this is a great period.
"For Sebastian to have won three titles in a Red Bull in this era, in a championship which has been quite stable in terms of the technical regulations, you cannot take away from him his great talent," the German added.
The 41-year-old Coulthard also took Lewis Hamilton's side on the Brit's move from McLaren to Mercedes last year. "We saw the old Lewis back last year. That's why he was able to make a decision based on what he wants for the future.
"We saw him struggle at McLaren a couple of seasons ago. He's always had great speed - that's just the natural talent he has - but he hasn't always had the mind-management skills off-track and on-track to really keep an even keel, race by race, season to season.
"He's done his time at McLaren. He did 13 years and sometimes you need to move on."
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