![]() Sebastian Vettel during the 2012 Bahrain GP | |
Born | Heppenheim, West Germany | 3 July 1987
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 2007–2022 |
Teams | BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari, Aston Martin |
Engines | BMW, Ferrari, Renault, Mercedes |
Car number | 5 1 (2014)[1] |
Entries | 300 (299 starts) |
Championships | 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
Wins | 53[2] |
Podiums | 122 |
Career points | 3098 |
Pole positions | 57 |
Fastest laps | 38 |
First entry | 2007 United States Grand Prix |
First win | 2008 Italian Grand Prix |
Last win | 2019 Singapore Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Signature | |
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Website | sebastianvettel.de |
Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈfɛtl̩] ; born 3 July 1987[3]) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin. Vettel is one of the most successful drivers in Formula One history and has won four World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull. Vettel holds the record for being the youngest World Champion in Formula One, has the fourth-most race victories (53), third-most podium finishes (122), and fourth-most pole positions (57).[4][5][6]
Vettel started his Formula One career as a test driver for BMW Sauber in 2006, making a one-off racing appearance in 2007. As part of the Red Bull Junior Team, Vettel appeared for Toro Rosso later that year and was kept as a full-time driver for 2008, where he scored a victory in the Italian Grand Prix to become the then-youngest race winner. Vettel was promoted to Red Bull in 2009. With Red Bull, Vettel won four consecutive titles from 2010 to 2013, the first of which made him the sport's youngest World Champion. In 2013, he set the then-record for the most consecutive race wins with nine.[7] Vettel signed for Ferrari for 2015 replacing Fernando Alonso and became Mercedes' and Lewis Hamilton's closest challenger in two title fights in 2017 and 2018, although he finished both years as runner-up. He parted ways with Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season to race with Aston Martin for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, before retiring from Formula One at the end of the 2022 season.[8]
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