Formula 1 sporting boss Ross Brawn believes Sebastian Vettel’s mistakes can no longer 🐬෴be viewed as coincidence and instead highlights that the Ferrari driver is “a bit out of sorts”.

Vettel’s fading championship hopes took another blow at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix as he spun while attempting to overtaꦺke Dani♛el Ricciardo in a first-lap move, forcing him into another recovery drive through the field.

It followed a similar incident with Red Bull’s Max Versta🦩ppen in Japan and marked the latest in a series of high-profile mistakes that have marred the Ferrari driver’s campaign.

Other notable errors include clashing with Mercedes pair Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton at the start in France and Italy respectively🍌, while he also crashed while𓄧 leading the German Grand Prix.

The incidents have enabled Hamilton to move on the verge of sealing a fifth world title and Brawn said Vettel has now become “no 🎃stranger to mistakes”.

"On Friday there was a sm🌜all on꧑e, when he failed to slow sufficiently for red flags, and he paid the price with a three-place penalty," he added.

"Then, in the race, he yet again collided with a Red Bull, this time Ricciard🍌o's, and once again Vettel came off worst.

"It was another lost opportunity to close the gap in the title fight, especially 🐻when we saw what [Kimi] Raikkonen did with the same car.

"I certainly don't want to put Vett♓el in the dock, but these incidents can no longer be seen as coincidence.

“Rather they would seem to indicate that Sebastian is a bit o𓂃ut of s🅰orts at the moment."

Vettel had led the championship for much of the opening half of the season but has take🦩n just one victory in the last eight races. He must win in this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix to keep alive his slim title chances.

Brawn, who was a key figure in Ferrari’s successful dominance of the sport with Michael Schumacher in the early 2000s, feel♔s this year has proven to be a missed opportunity for the Scuderia.

"Now, any hope of bringing the drivers' title back to Maranello is dwin𓆏dling and t♏he time has come to do the maths," Brawn explained.

"Their most important task is to work out h�🔴�ow to help Vettel make the most of his massive talent.

♒"You don't become a four-time world champion for no reason and Sebast🧔ian has definitely not forgotten how to win.

"In a sport as complicated as Formula 1, y꧅ou only reach your goals if all the pieces of the jigsaw fall into place.

"If just one piece is m🍸issing everything is compr🐠omised."