Sebastian Vettel says he paid the price of losing the 2017 Formula 1 world title due to his DNFs in Singapore and Japanꦆ as he hopes for a positiv🐼e end to the campaign.

The Ferrari driver’s season-defining moments arguably came at the two races he has failed to f🉐inish having crashed with Max Verstappen an🍌d Kimi Raikkonen before the first corner at the Singapore Grand Prix while a broken spark plug forced him into retirement at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Coupled with the fact Lewis Hamiꦅlton won both the races, Vettel believes the hefty 50-point swing over two races is the main reason why the Mercedes driver was able to wrap up the F1 world title at the Mexican Grand Prix with two races to spare.

“In the en𒆙d, you have 20 races, we’ve had 18 so far,” Vettel said. “I’m not a big fan 🌃of pointing fingers in one race. We had two races that we didn’t finish and Lewis won both of them. They were the most costly.

“It’s normal yo👍u have the feeling here and there that you could have got a bit more. it doesn’t chan♑ge anything now.”

Having congratulated Hamilton on his fourth F1 world championshi🌊p, Vettel is now aiming to end the year on a hig💙h with victories in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.

“We will try to f💦inish the season the way the team deserves and the car deserves,” he said. “In Mexico we’ve been quick. I’m pretty sure we’ll get a result and that is the target for the next two races.”