Vettel eyes title chance

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Vettel's championship challenge was dealt a bitter double blow last weekend in Valencia for the European Grand Prix with two failures of his Red Bull's Renault engine. The 21-year-old German, who has scored wins in China and Britain this season, now trails Button by 25 points with six grands prix remaining, starting on Sunday in Belgium.

Asked as to his chances of winning the title, a defiant Vettel said: "I think it is still possible. I am not giving up, definitely not. Clearly 25 points is not easy, but we have seen how quickly things can change."

He added: "One thing that helps is that Jenson has not been very consistent in the last few races. He hasn't scored a lot of points.

"I don't know what was wrong, but in the end it helps us."

Vettel, who also suffered a suspension failure in Hungary nearly five weeks ago, added: "We should have scored more points in the last few races, but we did not.

"Although that hasn't helped, the future remains open, so we will push and we will fight.

"Of course, we are in the hunting position, which means we will have to score big points."

Vettel's task is compromised by the fact he has lost six engines this season, and only has two remaining for the final six races."

In order to preserve engine life, and avoid a 10-place grid penalty should he use more than the permitted eight engines for the season, it means he will run less in practice.