Sebastian Vettel is confident Ferrari is “in the ballpark” to fight for victory at Interlagos on Sunday after a decent day of Formula 1 practice running ahead of t꧑he Brazilian Grand Prix.

Vettel finished second in FP1 and third in FP2 ♉for Ferrari, but was less than one-tenth of a second off the fastest driver in both practice sessions.

The 2017 Brazil race winner put in som🐎e impressive lap times during🌌 his long run towards the end of FP2, but said there was still work for Ferrari to do ahead of qualifying on Saturday.

“The ꦅcar has been OK but not good yet, so there is still somꦜe work to do,” Vettel said.

“I think, especially 🐻come Sunday when it supposed to be hotter, it could be a tricky one for tyres. It was already tricky for us today.

“We are in the bal♏lpark but we can still launch forward from where w🦋e are.”

The biggest issue from Vettel’s session came when a small screw dropped into the footwell✅ of his car, forcing him to pit so Ferrari could check ꧃that a part had not come loose.

Vettel informed the team of the issue with a tongue-in-cheek joke about something dropping between his ✤legs.

Vettel on team radio: "There's something loose between my legs... apart from the obvious. Something flying around my feet. I'd be proud if it was what you think it is, but it's not🔯!"

— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1)

“ I said w𒁏hat I had to said but I thought maybe it came out wrong, so I 🐠made the joke,” Vettel said.

“I don’t know, I thought it was funny. But🙈 we found it in the end, it was a littl൲e screw."