Vettel's best chance of winning the title lies with Raikkonen taking points off Hamilton.
Vettel's championship deficit to Hamilton exploded from three points to 28 after crashing on the first lap in Singapore.
Sebastian Vettel blitzed qualifying to start from pole, while Lewis Hamilton will start from fifth.
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has slammed his team's performance at its home race in Italy.
A half-second defeat looks bad for Ferrari, but there are reasons to believe it really was a one-off.
Mercedes can no longer be considered the fastest car by default despite winning in Belgium.
The 2017 Formula One is balanced on a knife edge with just 90 days remaining.
Formula One returns with the Belgian Grand Prix on 27 August.
The 2017 season so far has delivered more than we could have expected this time last year.
The Hungarian Grand Prix instructively set the scene for the closing half of the season.
Sebastian Vettel answered Ferrari's critics with a strong pole position and new lap record in Budapest.
Pirelli is expected to report back this week the cause of Ferrari's two Silverstone tyre failures.
The Austrian Grand Prix will be evidence as to whether Ferrari has lost ground on Mercedes.
Red Bull Racing is the most likely it's been yet to win its home Austrian Grand Prix.
There's a lot riding on this year's Monaco Grand Prix, and not just for the front-runners.
Why would Haas, the lowest paid team on the grid, support F1's ongoing financial inequality?
Ferrari almost certainly moved Kimi out of Sebastian's way — and it was right to do so.
Kimi Raikkonen takes his Ferrari to pole position in Monaco
Kimi Raikkonen has taken his first pole position in 129 races at the Monaco Grand Prix.