Sebastian💧 Vettel saw his second free practice session stalled by a burst fire extinguisher on his Ferrari in Mexico but is conꦆtent with the pace he produced from his car.

The Ferrari driver ended FP😼2 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez fourth fastest with a best lap of 1m 18.051s to remain within a quarter of a second of pace-setter Daniel Ricciardo for Red Bull.

During an❀ FP2 long🔴 run Vettel was given a cold surprise when his fire extinguisher in his Ferrari exploded which prompted him to halt his run to clean up the extinguisher and his racing overalls.

It marks a second consecutive Friday practice which was hampered after he spun off the circuit during FP2 at last week’s United St⛎at🏅es Grand Prix.

“It was another Friday which didn’t go 100% right as we had the fire extinguisher w𝓀hich burst in the middle of the run,” Vettel said. “Initially it was burning but it turned out to be cold so I had to go back, we changed it but lost some time but we could recover.

“It is a🐼 short track but thཧere was a lot of traffic so it wasn’t ideal but let’s see what the others do.”

Despite his issue Vettel is confident his Ferrari can be a match for Red Bull and Mercedes at the 🤡Mexico City circuit when he finds a settled balance with his set-up.

“The car was a bit so-so some laps were really good and otherꩲs were not so good,” he said “I think the car in general is quick but we need to work a little bit more. I don’t think there is an awful lot of work it is more about finding the balance then we can make a good step forward.”