GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 28: Usain Bolt trains during a Central Coast Mariners training session at Central Coast Stadium on August 28, 2018 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)

The skies over the Hungaroring Circuit in Budapest cleared after the morning rain on Thursday and the outlook for this weekend's eleventh round of the 2017 Formula One World Championship is that it will stay hot and dry.

Scuderia Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel is are ready for the challenge that lies ahead, spurred on by hi seventh placed finish at the British grand Prix last time out when a slow puncture on his right front Pirelli caused him to come in for a very late pitstop and drop down the field to seventh place.

This means that as we head into this gfinal round before the summer break, Seb is just one solitary point ahead of his championship rival, Lewis Hamilton, a sisituation he is hoping to rectify come Sunday afternoon…

“So far this year, we've had excellent races and others that were more difficult. If you ask which team has improved most this year, the answer is Ferrari. The last race was not ideal, but it is normal sometimes to have some races that go better than others,” he said. “Overall, I think we are on the right path.”

“This year has been very good so far, but we are not completely happy because we want to win. That's the reason why we have been competitive this year, because we have worked very hard. We have to keep going down this way. I think the worst race was the last one in the UK. The races in Australia, Bahrain and Monaco were great. However, we could have won in Austria, in China and so on.”

“Maybe this year the safety car hasn't worked out well for us, but that's how it goes. There are many races ahead and we have to stay positive, because we have been good so far. We are not yet where we want to be, but we want to make sure there won't be many chances left to the others”.