Sebastian Vettel sure would like to put his horrendous race in Silverstone out of his mind where he blew his tyre on the first curve, and relegated to the back of the pack, not before fighting tooth and nail to finally finish 7th in a superb comeback.

Here he talks of racing in front of his home crowd in Germany, his expectations, and describing the Hockenheim circuit which has a great deal of history for him.

Other F1 news leading up to the German Grand Prix, Bruno Senna returned to Hispania Racing after being sidelined in favour of test driver Sakon Yamamoto at Silverstone. However, Yamamoto has been sceduled to continue driving duties for the German Grand Prix, with Senna’s team mate Karun Chandhok being stood down for the race at Hockenheim.