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Talking points: Is Sebastian Vettel too accident-prone to win the title?

Plenty of talking points emerged from Ferrari's home defeat at Monza. ESPN's F1 editor Laurence Edmondson, associate editor Nate Saunders and F1 writers Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton offer their opinions below.

Is Sebastian Vettel too accident-prone to win this year's title?

LE: He's not making it easy for himself, but the 2018 title is still very much his to win. The mistakes so far -- five by my count: Baku, France, Austria in qualifying, Germany and Italy -- have cost him somewhere in the region of 60 points, but that also underlines what a competitive car he's had.