Having missed out on the Formula One world championship, Sebastian Vettel says he is determined to end the 2017 season strongly for Ferrari.
Vettel's hopes of becoming Ferrari's first driver to win a title since 2007 ended at the Mexican Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton sealed enough points to wrap up his fourth world championship with two races to spare. The German's challenge collapsed after a nightmare run of poor results for the Scuderia following the summer break, particularly across the three Asian flyaway races in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne responded by pinning the blame on a combination of driver error and technical issues, with Vettel triggering a start-line crash in Singapore, while engine reliability failures hampered him at the following two races.