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Lewis backs 'F1 great' Vettel to rebound from slump

Lewis Hamilton has no doubts Sebastian Vettel will recover from his recent run of high-profile mistakes.

This weekend Vettel returns to the Hockenheim circuit for the German Grand Prix, where he infamously crashed out of the lead in the closing stages of last year's race. Hamilton won that dramatic race to claim a lead in the championship he never relinquished from that point on the way to a fifth career title.

For Vettel, it marked the start of an error-strewn run which not only cost him a shot at last year's championship but has spilled over into this year -- his most recent came at the British Grand Prix, when he ploughed into the back of Max Verstappen's Red Bull.