Sebastian Vettel explains the area Ferrari needs to work on as he admits to “missing the trust in the car”. Seb was asked about the Maranello team's chanches of fighting Mercedes.

Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel will be battling his demons as well as his Formula One rivals when the Ferrari driver returns to Hockenheim this weekend for his home German Grand Prix.

The 2018 race at the 4.5km circuit, just half an hour away from Sebastian Vettel’s home town, Heppenheim, is where it all began to go wrong for the four-times world champion. The German was poised to extend his championship lead over Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, who had started 14th, with an easy win in front of his home fans from pole position.

Then a sudden shower washed away his hopes. Sebastian Vettel crashed out as Hamilton came through to win and seize a lead he would never give up. It was the most high-profile of several mistakes that undid the German’s championship bid in 2018 — and surely the most painful: “A year ago, I was extremely mad at myself. Now that’s forgotten. When I see myself in the gravel at the “Sachs-Kurve” today and then hitting the steering wheel angrily, I have to smile. I made a small mistake back then with big consequences.” – Sebastian Vettel said, agead if the German Grand Prix, as reported by Auto Bild.

Scuderia Ferrari’s driver was also asked about the Maranello team’s chanches of fighting Mercedes for the win at the Hockenheim circuit: “You should never say never. As always I will give everything, but realistically Mercedes is a big favorite. At the moment I don’t feel the rear of the car and then in the end I am missing the trust in the car. That’s what we have to work on.” – Sebastian concluded.