Vettel: I hope we can cancel it out and forget properly

The four-time F1 world champion so nearly won his home German Grand Prix, but a mistake landed the Ferrari in the wall and the championship leader before the race, left Hockenheim trailing his archrival Lewis Hamilton by 17 points.

Vettel told reporters at the end of the day at Hungaroring, "It’s good to have a race straight away to get your head away and focus on the next thing to do. I hope we can cancel it out and make this race count and then forget properly."

“It’s probably the best to get in the car because everybody knows what to do. Obviously, it's not easy, but I think today the work has been okay. Having a lot of work in front of you is probably the best to get your head away and focus on the job we have to do here.”

With regards to his plan for when it matters, Vettel said, “Qualifying and the start are very important here. Overtaking is very difficult, so whoever is ahead after the first couple of corners, that will be crucial but to get there is a lot of things to do, a lot of work ahead."

Vettel topped the timing screens in FP2 and was on it in both Friday sessions, which was contrary to Ferrari tradition of keeping their powder dry until qualifying.

“I was pretty happy in the afternoon," revealed Vettel. "Happier than in the morning, I think the car’s pretty good for one lap. We can still improve, but it’s been one of the better Fridays."

"Obviously they’ve been a little bit up and down for us lately so today was quite solid," added Vettel with reference to the grief and trying times at Ferrari in the wake of Sergio Marchionne's sudden passing.