The German has enjoyed an ⭕upturn in form in recent 🥀races, finishing fifth in Monaco before scoring his first podium since the Turkish Grand Prix last year in Baku. 

After enduring a “very rough start” to the season where he didn’t score a point in the opening four races, Vettel is sure he’s now on the riꦍg𒈔ht track.

Speaking after finishing second in Azerbaijan, Vettel said: “I think at the level that we are at it’s clear that everybody is able to drive a car very quickly s♓o small things can make a big difference and yeah, probably took a little bit longer than I wanted to at the beginning of the season, to get on ܫtop of myself and adjusting to the car but yeah, I think I was confident that at some point it start clicking and obviously Monaco was great. 

“I think we had a good result there so that helps. You can argue that it takes off a bit of pressur🏅e but I think obviously the expectations in general are fairly high at the beginning of the year so it was good to get a good result and for here, I think we were fairly open-minded.”

Expectations were high for Aston Martin going into 2021 - as under the Racing Point name - it enjoyed its best season to date, fi♏nishing fourth in the drivers’ championship with a win and several podiums in 2020.

The change in floor regulations for this season appears to have hit low rake cars the hardest with Mercedes and Aston Martin not as 🃏competitive as they were last season.

Vettel admits he expected more going into the season but remains confident the team cܫan continue its good form into this w🐽eekend’s French Grand Prix.

“We had a very rough start to the season,” Vettel added. “We expected quite a bit more after suchᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ a strong year the team had last year.

“I think I felt quite comfortable in the car all weekend, which for sure doesn’t hurt, so hopefully we can – similar to Checo – carry that momentum into the next couple of events. France will be a normal track so we will se💟e where we are but hopefully we can fight for points a little bit more regularly.”