Sebastian Vettel
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 Germany
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| Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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| Status: | active | ||||||||
| Start number : | 5 | ||||||||
| First start: | 2007 USA Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 2007 BMW Sauber • 2007–2008 Toro Rosso • 2009–2014 Red Bull • 2015–2020 Ferrari | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Champion ( 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 3001 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 120 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 3,496 over 18,135.1 km | ||||||||
| As of: Spanish Grand Prix, August 16, 2020 | |||||||||
Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim ) is a German automobile racing driver .
He starts since 2007 in Formula 1 and won there in the 2010 season as the second German after Michael Schumacher and so far the youngest driver the World Championship . With the successful defense of the title in 2011 , 2012 and 2013 , he is one of three drivers who have become world champions four times in a row. Vettel was under contract with the Austrian team Red Bull Racing from 2009 to 2014 . He has been driving for the Italian racing team Ferrari since 2015 . In May 2020 it was announced that Vettel would leave Ferrari after the 2020 season .
Career
Karting (1995-2002)
Vettel came to motorsport through his father Norbert . Norbert Vettel was active in mountain racing as a hobby for 13 years and among other things sold his racing car to enable his son to get started in motorsport. His father let him do his first laps in his own kart at the age of three and a half and gave him a 60 cm³ Bambini kart for Christmas , with which he also contested his first kart races. According to Vettel, both parents, including his mother Heike, always supported him during his athletic development. Vettel was active in karting until 2002 and won the European and German junior kart championships in 2001.
Vettel was supported by his family at the beginning of his career. She accompanied him to kart races in other European countries in a mobile home or car. Although his family accepted financial constraints, Vettel was dependent on outside support early on. His first sponsors were an alloy wheel manufacturer and a vodka importer. In 1998 the Austrian beverage manufacturer Red Bull accepted him into its funding program.
Karting dealer Gerhard Noack, who had previously supported Michael and Ralf Schumacher at the beginning of their careers , also played an important role at the beginning of his career .
First experiences in the monoposto (2003-2007)
In 2003 Vettel switched to formula racing . In his debut season he started for Eifelland Racing in the German Formula BMW . He won five races and was runner-up behind Maximilian Götz . In 2004 he won the championship title of the German Formula BMW with Mücke Motorsport and set a record with 18 wins in 20 races of the season.
In 2005 , Vettel stayed with Mücke Motorsport and switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series . Vettel's team-mate became the Brazilian Átila Abreu , who had been runner-up in the German Formula BMW last year behind Vettel. Vettel was superior to his teammate and achieved six podium places. He was denied a victory, however. At the end of the season he finished fifth overall. At the Macau Grand Prix this year, Vettel finished third behind Lucas di Grassi and Robert Kubica . He also took part in an event of the Spanish Formula 3 championship and achieved a podium finish. In 2006 Vettel played his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the French racing team ASM Formule 3 , which had won the championship with Lewis Hamilton in the previous season. Vettel fought for the championship title with his teammate Paul di Resta and finally had to admit defeat to him. Thus, Vettel was second with four wins. He also took part in two Formula Renault 3.5 race weekends , in which he won one race, and also received a test driver contract in Formula 1 with BMW Sauber , which had been using him as a Friday test driver since August 2006 . On his debut before the Turkish Grand Prix , he was the youngest driver in the history of Formula 1 to take first place in Friday training. Vettel himself described his first use at a Grand Prix weekend six years later as the “most decisive moment” of his career. In 2007 Vettel started for Carlin in the Formula Renault 3.5. He won one of the first seven races and made it onto the podium four times. After the seventh race, he left the series as overall leader because he had received a Formula 1 cockpit. At the end of the season, Vettel finished fifth with 74 points, ahead of his teammate Michail Aljoschin , who had competed the entire season and scored 44 points.
Formula 1 (since 2007)
Entry with BMW Sauber and initial successes with Toro Rosso (2007–2008)
2007
In the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship , Vettel initially worked as a test and reserve driver for BMW Sauber. Since the use of a third vehicle was no longer permitted, one of the two regular drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica had to hand over the cockpit to Vettel during the first free practice session. After criticism from those affected, BMW Sauber decided not to use Vettel as a Friday driver from the third round of the World Championship.
Since Kubica had a serious accident at the Canadian Grand Prix , BMW Sauber Vettel registered as a driver for the US Grand Prix in Indianapolis . He made his Formula 1 racing debut on June 17, 2007. In his first qualifying , Vettel finished seventh on the grid. In the race, he lost several positions due to a braking error, but still finished eighth and scored a world championship point. This made him the youngest driver to finish in a Formula 1 World Championship race, up to ninth place for Daniil Kwjat at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, at the age of 19 and 350 days.
After Vettel had not come in the next three races of the Formula 1 season 2007 is used, he became the Hungarian Grand Prix from the Scuderia Toro Rosso committed. He replaced Scott Speed there for the remainder of the season. The prerequisite for this was the approval of Vettel by BMW Sauber. Since there were delays, Vettel had to contest the Grand Prix weekend in Hungary without ever having driven the Toro Rosso before. He became a team-mate of Vitantonio Liuzzi .
At the Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji , a chaotic rain race, Vettel caused a stir when he advanced to third place with the defeated car and even led the race in the meantime. During a safety car phase , he retired after a collision with Mark Webber . Lewis Hamilton provoked the accident with a sudden braking maneuver, but was not punished. Five years later, Vettel described this collision as the biggest mistake of his career. At the subsequent Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai , Vettel started the race from 17th on the grid and finished fourth on the wet track with a suitable pit strategy. This was the best placement so far, both for Vettel himself and for Toro Rosso, who had earned only one point in his almost two-year Formula 1 membership by placing Liuzzi in eighth place at the 2006 US Grand Prix .
2008
For the 2008 season , Sébastien Bourdais , who had won the Champ Car World Series four times in a row between 2004 and 2007 , was Vettel's new team-mate at Toro Rosso. Vettel did not finish the first four races, but Bourdais managed to hint at the greater competitiveness at the start of the season. He was in fourth place until a technical problem and was classified seventh. With fifth place in Monaco and further points placements, Vettel then impressed with a constant performance and regularly left not only his teammates but also the sister team Red Bull Racing behind.
On September 13, 2008, Vettel achieved his first pole position in the rainy qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix in Monza . This made him - at the age of 21 years and 73 days - the youngest driver on the first grid position in Formula 1 history. In the race, Vettel took his first victory in his Formula 1 career, which made him the youngest Formula 1 Grand Prix winner to date. He held this record until May 15, 2016, when Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix at the age of 18 .
Vettel convinced in the second half of the season not only with the victory in Italy, but also with the continuity with which he drove into the points. At the end of the season he drew attention again with fourth place in Brazil . The year 2008 ended Vettel with 35 points in eighth place in the drivers' standings. He was well ahead of his team-mate Bourdais (four points), but also ahead of Red Bull drivers Webber (21) and Coulthard (8). In addition, with his success in Monza, Vettel recorded the first Grand Prix victory for a non-factory supported team in five years - the last time Giancarlo Fisichella achieved this was in 2003 with Jordan at the Brazilian Grand Prix .
Red Bull (2009-2014)
2009
In mid-July 2008, the Toro Rosso sister team Red Bull Racing announced that Vettel would drive alongside Mark Webber for the Austrian racing team from the 2009 season . After being eliminated in the first two races of the 2009 season shortly before the end of the race, in second place in Australia , he achieved the second pole position of his career in qualifying in China - the first ever for Red Bull Racing - and celebrated a day later his second win, also the first for Red Bull Racing. At the next race in Spain , Vettel finished fourth after finishing second behind pole setter Jenson Button the day before in qualifying . At the Monaco Grand Prix , Vettel retired after a driving error and a subsequent accident. He finished the Turkish Grand Prix in third place after slipping off the track while in the lead on the first lap and being overtaken by Button. The day before, Vettel had captured the third pole of his career. At the British Grand Prix he achieved his first victory in dry conditions and drove the first fastest race lap of his Formula 1 career. Shortly before the European Grand Prix in August, Red Bull officially announced the contract extension with Vettel until 2011. At the Belgian Grand Prix he again shortened his gap to the leading button with a third place. After Vettel had only finished eighth in the 13th World Championship run at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, he seemed to have already been eliminated from the race for the World Championship title at 26 points behind Button. With a fourth place in Singapore and a win in Japan , however, he shortened the gap to 16 points. One race before the end Button secured the world championship title early. With his victory at the season finale in Abu Dhabi , Vettel was runner-up in front of Rubens Barrichello .
2010 - First world title
In 2010 , Vettel and Webber formed the Red Bull driver duo again. In the first two races, Vettel was on pole position and lost the lead due to technical problems. While he finished fourth at the season opener in Bahrain with a defective spark plug, he dropped out in Australia after previously reporting vibrations on the front axle via radio pit radio. This time a loose wheel nut was responsible for the failure. At the third Grand Prix in Malaysia , Vettel took the lead again. His racing car worked until the end of the race and he won the race ahead of Webber. After finishing sixth in China , Vettel was again third on the podium at the European opener in Spain , although he had to fight hard at the end of the race due to problems with the brakes, hit the gravel and had to make an additional pit stop. A week later, he finished second behind his team-mate in the Monaco Grand Prix .
At the Turkish Grand Prix , Vettel came into the public eye after a collision with his teammate Webber. Vettel was in second place behind Webber. When trying to overtake him, the two collided and Vettel was eliminated. After the race, there were discussions about who was to blame for the collision, which was put on each other by the pilots. After finishing fourth in Canada , Vettel achieved his second win of the season at the European Grand Prix . In the next three races he won the pole position, but it wasn't enough for further victories. At the British Grand Prix , despite a puncture on the first lap, he finished seventh and came third at his home race in Germany and the Hungarian Grand Prix . In Hungary he initially took the lead, but lost it in the race because he kept too far distance from Webber in front of him during a safety car phase and was given a drive-through penalty.
On the traditional Spa-Francorchamps track at the Belgian Grand Prix , Vettel again missed out on the points with 15th place. After a failed overtaking attempt against Button, in which his opponent was eliminated, Vettel fell back to the penultimate place after a repair stop and a drive-through penalty, which he had received as the cause of the collision. Later he was grazed by Liuzzi on the rear tire during an overtaking maneuver and had to cover the lap back to the pits with a defective rear tire. At the next race in Italy he achieved sixth place in qualifying, his worst starting position of the season. After a turbulent race, which Vettel almost ended prematurely with braking problems, he finally finished fourth. He benefited from a different tactic and delayed his mandatory pit stop until the penultimate lap. At the Singapore Grand Prix he drove to victory against Fernando Alonso until the end . However, he couldn't get past the Spaniard and finished second.
One race later, at the Japanese Grand Prix , Vettel scored his third win of the season by driving safely at the top. In the next race, the first Korean Grand Prix , Vettel was able to build on the performance from Japan. He led the race for a long time and would have taken the lead in the world championship for the first time in his career if he hadn't retired from the lead after 45 laps with an engine failure. In Brazil he kept his chance for the world title with a win over Webber. Before the last race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Vettel finished third in the drivers' championship. Starting from pole position, he decided the race for himself and won the world title four points ahead of Alonso, who was seventh. With the title win, Vettel became the youngest Formula 1 world champion in history at the age of 23 years and 134 days. Vettel started the 2010 season with ten pole positions in over half of all races from first position.
After the season, Vettel was named German and European Sportsman of the Year.
2011 - Second world title
Even before the 2011 season , it was announced that Vettel had extended his contract with Red Bull Racing to the end of the 2014 season.
Vettel showed dominant performances in the Red Bull RB7 in 2011 . He was on the podium 17 times, won 11 races and started from pole position 15 times. He led the world championship after every race.
After two wins at the start of the season in Australia and Malaysia , Vettel had another chance to win the third race, the Chinese Grand Prix . However, he relied on a two-stop strategy, which meant that at the end of the race he no longer had as good tires as his opponents who had made another stop. A few laps before the end of the race, Hamilton finally overtook him and Vettel crossed the finish line in second place. At the next three Grands Prix in Turkey , Spain and Monaco , Vettel scored more victories, some with a narrow lead. In Canada , Vettel led the race from pole position for 68 of 70 laps. On the last lap, after being put under pressure by Button, he made a driving error that enabled Button to overtake. After he had won the European Grand Prix starting from pole position and achieved the fastest race lap, another second place followed in Great Britain . Due to an incorrect pit stop, Vettel lost the lead to Alonso and he was unable to get within striking distance of the eventual winner as the race continued.
In his home race, the German Grand Prix , Vettel did not start from the front row for the first time of the season and with a fourth place was also not on the podium for the first time of the season. After another second place in Hungary , Vettel won the Belgian , Italian and Singapore Grand Prix . In Japan , four races before the end of the season, third place was enough to defend the title early. At the age of 24 years and 98 days, Vettel took over from Alonso the record of the youngest driver to win this title for the second time. In the subsequent races in Korea and India , Vettel scored more victories. In India, Vettel also managed a Grand Slam in which he consistently led the race starting from pole position and drove the fastest lap.
In the penultimate race of the season in Abu Dhabi , Vettel drew with his 14th pole position of the season with Nigel Mansell , who had achieved 14 pole positions in 16 races in 1992 . In the race, Vettel fell out on the first lap. It was his first retirement of the season. At the season finale, the Brazilian Grand Prix , he took pole position again, setting a new record with 15 pole positions in one season. In the race, with a gearbox problem, he finished second behind Webber, who won his first race of the season. Vettel had 392 points at the end of the season, while Vice World Champion Button had scored 270 points and Webber was third overall with 258 points.
At the end of the season, Vettel's collaboration with his Finnish physiotherapist and fitness trainer Tommi Pärmäkoski , who joined the coaching staff for a women's ice hockey team, ended. Pärmäkoski looked after Vettel since the end of 2008. His successor was Heikki Huovinen, who like Pärmäkoski comes from Finland and is a former ice hockey player.
2012 - Third world title
In 2012 Vettel formed the Red Bull driver duo again with Webber. At the season opener in Australia , Vettel crossed the finish line in second place behind Button. One race later in Malaysia he missed the points in eleventh place after a collision and the resulting tire damage with the lapped Narain Karthikeyan . After a fifth place in the third race in China , Vettel achieved the first pole position and the first victory of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix and took the lead in the world championship.
Four races followed without a podium finish. At the European opener, the Spanish Grand Prix , Vettel did without a timed lap in the last qualifying segment, so he started the race from seventh on the grid. In the Grand Prix, Vettel ignored yellow flags, which is why he received a drive-through penalty. After a few overtaking maneuvers, he finished in sixth place and kept the lead in the drivers' standings. At the subsequent Monaco Grand Prix , Vettel once again did without a time in the third segment of the time training. Vettel started from ninth place and, in contrast to the drivers in front of him, relied on the harder tire compound. He waited longer than his opponents for the only pit stop and so came up to fourth place. While his teammate Webber won the race, Vettel lost the world championship lead to Alonso with fourth place. In Canada , Vettel started from pole position for the second time of the season and led the race in the early stages. After having problems with degrading tires, he changed the tires again shortly before the end of the race and again came home in fourth place. In the following race, the European Grand Prix , Vettel led the race from pole position by a large margin in the first half of the race. A defect in the alternator ended his race prematurely.
After finishing third at the British Grand Prix , Vettel hit the headlines with an overtaking maneuver in his home race in Germany . Vettel overtook Button with two laps to go by leaving the track completely and finished in second place. The race stewards saw the overtaking maneuver as a violation of the regulations and subsequently imposed a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 20-second time penalty. Vettel was therefore rated fifth. A week later he was fourth in Hungary . After the summer break, Vettel crossed the finish line in Belgium in second place, although he did not make it into the top 10 in qualifying. At the last European race, the Italian Grand Prix , Vettel stopped for the second time in the season with a defective alternator. Since he was canceled shortly before the end of the race, he was classified as 22nd.
The next four races, which took place in Asia, Vettel won all of them. At the Singapore Grand Prix he still benefited from the failure of Hamilton, who had been leading up to that point, and won the race. One race later in Japan , Vettel achieved a start-to-finish victory from pole position and also drove the fastest race lap. With the two victories he reduced his deficit on the leading Alonso from 39 to 4 points. With another victory at the subsequent Korean Grand Prix , Vettel took the lead in the world championship. Vettel expanded this with his fourth win in a row in India . At the three consecutive Grand Prix in Japan, Korea and India, Vettel was consistently in the lead. He drew level with Ayrton Senna , who had last succeeded in this more than 20 years earlier.
In the third to last race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Vettel was taken out of the qualifying ranking after his car had stalled with insufficient fuel in the qualifying lap. His team decided to make major changes to the vehicle, so Vettel started out of the pit lane. In the race, Vettel performed a few overtaking maneuvers and benefited from two safety car phases. Despite the start from the pits and a repair stop due to a damaged front wing, Vettel crossed the finish line in third place, while his title rival Alonso came second. At the following US Grand Prix on the new track in Austin , Vettel started from pole position. He was overtaken by Hamilton in the second half of the race and finished in second place. The US Grand Prix was Vettel's 100th Grand Prix. Vettel started the last race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, with a 13-point lead over Alonso . Starting from fourth place, he initially followed the field after a spin on the first lap. Vettel showed some overtaking maneuvers in the rain-influenced race and finally crossed the finish line in sixth place, while Alonso finished second, and thus won the world championship with 281 to 278 points. It was his third Formula 1 world title in a row. With the title win, Vettel became the youngest driver to win the drivers' world championship three times. Before Vettel, only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher managed to become world champions three times in a row. In addition, in 2012 Vettel won the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy for the second time for the driver with the most fastest race laps. Vettel had scored a total of six in the 2012 season.
2013 - fourth world title
In 2013 , Vettel stayed with Webber at Red Bull. At the season opener in Australia , he crossed the finish line in third place, starting from pole position. A week later he was back on pole position in Malaysia . After falling back to third place behind his team-mates Webber and Lewis Hamilton in the meantime, he overtook Webber in the closing stages and took the lead. Vettel opposed the decision of the team, which had asked both drivers to hold their positions after the last pit stop, while Webber adhered to the specifications and no longer went to the limit. Vettel was already criticized by the team management for this action during the race. He didn't let Webber pass on the final laps and won the race. Following the Grand Prix, Vettel apologized to Webber and Red Bull for disregarding the team orders. In the race in China , Vettel used a different strategy than his competitors and, unlike them, was the last to use the softer tire compound. He finished in fourth place. A week later, Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix .
At the European opener in Spain , Vettel achieved fourth place. In the following race in Monaco , he finished second. He then won the Canadian Grand Prix and achieved his first Formula 1 victory in North America. In the week after the race, Vettel and Red Bull announced that the joint contract had been extended until the end of the 2015 season. At the next race in Great Britain , Vettel retired while in the lead with a gearbox defect. A week later he won his home race for the first time at the German Grand Prix . At the following Hungarian Grand Prix he came third. After the summer break that followed, Vettel won the remaining nine races. In Belgium he took the lead in the starting phase and scored a start-to-finish victory. In Italy he crossed the finish line as the winner, starting from pole position.
At the next two Grand Prix in Singapore and Korea , Vettel achieved a start-to-finish victory starting from pole position. Since he also drove the fastest lap, he managed a Grand Slam in both races. A week after the race in Korea, he also won the Japanese Grand Prix . In this he was in third place in the initial phase and improved to first place in the second half of the race. This was his fifth win in a row, something only five other drivers had achieved before. Two weeks later, Vettel secured the fourth driver's world title of his career in the fourth last race of the season with a win at the Indian Grand Prix . After Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher, he became the fourth driver to become world champion at least four times. Before Vettel, only Fangio and Schumacher had become world champions four times in a row. In the following races, Vettel scored his seventh consecutive win in Abu Dhabi and his eighth win in the USA . He set a new record of consecutive victories within one season. In the last race in Brazil , he expanded this to nine wins. So he drew level with Alberto Ascari , who had won nine races in a row. Vettel was at the end of the season with 397 points ahead of second-placed Alonso, who had reached 242 points.
With 13 wins within one season, Vettel drew level with record holder Michael Schumacher in these statistics. Vettel's team-mate Webber remained without a win in 2013.
After the season, Vettel was voted Europe's Sportsman of the Year 2013 by European press agencies .
At the end of 2013, Vettel's collaboration with his trainer Heikki Huovinen ended. As his successor, Vettel again signed a Finn with Antti Kontsas. Kontsas previously looked after the Formula 1 driver Jean-Éric Vergne .
2014
In 2014 Vettel got a new team-mate at Red Bull in Daniel Ricciardo . He decided to continue to drive with the starting number 1, which was reserved for the world champion. For the time after that, he chose the number 5. He decided on this number because he had used it in karting in 2001 and won his first Formula 1 world title with it. After a failure in the first race, he finished third in the Malaysian Grand Prix . He repeated this result in Canada . At the Singapore Grand Prix reached Vettel into second place. In Japan he finished third again. At the end of the season he was fifth overall with four podium finishes and thus for the first time performed worse than his teammate, who achieved third place with three wins and five further podium finishes.
Although Vettel had a contract with Red Bull Racing for the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship , he left the team at the end of the 2014 season. His contract included an exit clause that allowed him to terminate if he was not in one of the top three positions at the end of September the world championship was. This ended Vettel's collaboration with Red Bull after six seasons.
Ferrari (2015-2020)
2015
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Vettel has been racing for Ferrari since 2015 . He became a teammate of Kimi Räikkönen and received a three-year contract. In the first race in Australia he achieved his first podium finish for Ferrari with a third place. In the next race, the Malaysian Grand Prix , Vettel relied on a different strategy than the Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and won his first race for Ferrari. He then reached the podium once again with a third place in China . At the fifth race in Spain he was third again and one race later in Monaco second. At the British Grand Prix he was again third. Then Vettel scored his second win of the season in Hungary . At the subsequent Belgian Grand Prix , Vettel suffered a tire damage on the penultimate lap while in third place and thus fell out of the points. It was the first time that he had not finished in the top 5 at Ferrari. After finishing second in Italy , Vettel achieved his first pole position for Ferrari at the subsequent Singapore Grand Prix , which was the first pole position for Ferrari in 61 races. He achieved a start-to-finish victory in the race. In the next five races he finished third in Japan , second in Russia and third in the USA and Brazil . Vettel finished the season as third in the championship and won internally with 278 to 150 points against Raikkonen.
2016
In 2016 , Vettel and Räikkönen again formed the Ferrari driver duo. Vettel led the first race in Australia in the first half and eventually finished third. At the subsequent Bahrain Grand Prix he was already out before the start. Two weeks later, he finished second in China . In Spain he was again third. In the successive races in Canada and Europe he achieved second place. In the Ferrari home race in Italy and at the end of the season in Abu Dhabi , he also reached the podium with third place. Vettel held his own internally with 212 to 186 points against Raikkonen and was fourth in the overall ranking. Both Ferrari drivers did not win this year.
2017
In 2017 Vettel and Raikkonen stayed with Ferrari. He won the season opener in Australia and finished second in China . He then decided the Bahrain Grand Prix for himself. In the subsequent races in Russia and Spain he was again second. He then won the Monaco Grand Prix . In Austria he reached second place again. At the Hungarian Grand Prix , Vettel scored a victory from pole position. At the next two races in Belgium and Italy , he again reached the podium in second and third respectively. However, he lost the lead in the world championship to Hamilton, who won both races. At the subsequent Singapore Grand Prix , Vettel retired from pole position on the first lap after a collision with Raikkonen and Verstappen. Two weeks later in Malaysia he started from last place fourth. At the following Japanese Grand Prix , Vettel dropped out with an engine failure in the initial phase. He then finished second in the US Grand Prix . In Brazil he won the race. At the end of the season he finished second overall behind Hamilton, who was already established as world champion early. He lost to him with 317 to 363 points.
2018
In 2018 , Vettel completed another season for Ferrari. At the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix , he won and took the 100th podium of his career. He benefited from a pit stop in a virtual safety car phase in which he overtook Hamilton and Raikkonen, who were originally in front of him. He also won the following race in Bahrain . He scored his 50th Formula 1 victory at the Canadian Grand Prix . He also won the British Grand Prix . Then Vettel retired while in the lead in Germany . Then he finished second in Hungary . After the summer break that followed, Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix . It was his 52nd victory, with which he moved past Alain Prost to 3rd place in the all-time best list of Formula 1 winners . He finished third in Singapore and Russia . In the third last race of the season, the Mexican Grand Prix , Vettel came second. So he was second in the world championship behind Hamilton, who won the title early in this race.
2019
In 2019 Sebastian Vettel got a new teammate in Charles Leclerc . In China and Azerbaijan , he achieved third place on the podium. This was followed by second places in Monaco , Canada and Germany , as well as a third in Hungary . He took his first win of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix . It was his fifth win at this Grand Prix, which is the record in Singapore. In addition, the Marina Bay Circuit is now the only track on which he has won five times, which is his personal best. In Japan and Mexico he finished second. At the end of the season he finished fifth overall with 240 points.
2020
In May 2020 , Vettel announced in a joint statement with Ferrari that he would be leaving the team at the end of the year. After the sixth race, he is currently eleventh in the drivers' standings with 16 points.
Personal
Vettel has two older sisters and a younger brother, Fabian Vettel , who drove one season in the Audi Sport TT Cup in 2017 and has competed in the ADAC GT Masters since 2019 .
While he was already driving in the monoposto, Vettel completed his school career in April 2006 with an Abitur average of 2.8 at the Heppenheimer Starkenburg-Gymnasium . His last written test took place just four days before his first victory in the Formula 3 Euro Series. Vettel has been in a relationship with Hanna Sprater, whom he married in June 2019, since he was at school. They have two daughters (* 2014 and * 2015) and a son (* 2019) together.
Vettel has lived in Switzerland since 2007. Initially, his place of residence was Walchwil am Zugersee , since 2009 it has been an old mill in Ellighausen ( Kemmental municipality , Canton Thurgau ) on Lake Constance .
In addition to his native German, Vettel speaks the English that is common in Formula 1, plus some Italian and French.
Honors
- 2004 - ADAC Junior Motor Sportsman of the Year
- 2009 - ADAC Motorsporter of the Year
- 2010 - Honorary citizen of the city of Heppenheim
- 2010 - German Sportsman of the Year
- 2010 - European Sportsman of the Year (UEPS)
- 2012 - Silver bay leaf
- 2012 - European Sportsman of the Year (PAP)
- 2012 - Honorary member of Eintracht Frankfurt
- 2013 - BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
- 2013 - European Sportsman of the Year (PAP)
- 2014 - World Sportsman of the Year
Others
- He describes Michael Schumacher as his role model , whose ambition and always 100 percent commitment he admires. Vettel is friends with Kimi Raikkonen , the 2007 Formula 1 world champion.
- In contrast to most of his colleagues, Vettel does not have a manager, but regulates his business and contractual matters himself.
- He had one of his first television appearances in 1997 when he was seen in the episode “Turbo-Kids” of the ZDF documentary program 37 Degrees .
- Vettel is an ambassador for the “Wings for Life” foundation founded in 2004, which is dedicated to researching and curing paraplegia .
- In 2011 he had a short speaking role in Cars 2 as Sebastian Schnell.
- In June 2012 he was a guest on David Letterman's talk show in the USA .
- Vettel has always given its Formula 1 cars female names since 2008. At first he followed the alphabet. On Julie followed in 2009 Kate and Kate's Dirty Sister and 2010 Luscious Liz and Randy Mandy . In 2011, Vettel broke the rule and named his vehicle after Australian singer Kylie Minogue Kinky Kylie . In 2012 he chose the name Abbey , so for the first time since 2009 he did without an adjective. In 2013 he returned to a double name and named his racing car Hungry Heidi . In 2014 he named his vehicle Suzie . He chose the name Eva for his first Ferrari . In 2016 Vettel named his Ferrari SF16-H Margherita . In the 2017 season he named the car Gina , the 2018 car was called Loria . In 2019 he named his car Lina .
- Vettel is an honorary member and fan of the Bundesliga soccer club Eintracht Frankfurt . When he visits the stadium, he deliberately does not stay in the VIP areas, but in the fan curve .
- Unlike many other Formula 1 drivers, Vettel is not a fan of social media . He deliberately has no official social media profiles and, according to his own statements, does not understand the purpose of social media.
- In the 2017 sequel to the Cars series " Cars 3: Evolution ", he speaks as the assistant to Cruz Ramirez.
statistics
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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .
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general overview
As of: Spanish Grand Prix, August 16, 2020
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| 2007 | BMW Sauber F1 Team | BMW Sauber F1.07 | BMW 2.4 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14th |
| Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR2 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| 2008 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR2B / STR3 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 18th | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 35 | 8th. |
| 2009 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB5 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 17th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 84 | 2. |
| 2010 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB6 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 19th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 256 | 1. |
| 2011 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB7 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 19th | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15th | 3 | 392 | 1. |
| 2012 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB8 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 20th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6th | 6th | 281 | 1. |
| 2013 | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB9 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 19th | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7th | 397 | 1. |
| 2014 | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB10 | Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo | 19th | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 167 | 5. |
| 2015 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF15-T | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 19th | 3 | 3 | 7th | 1 | 1 | 278 | 3. |
| 2016 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF16-H | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 20th | - | 3 | 4th | - | 3 | 212 | 4th |
| 2017 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF70H | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 20th | 5 | 6th | 2 | 4th | 5 | 317 | 2. |
| 2018 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF71H | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 21st | 5 | 4th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 320 | 2. |
| 2019 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF90 | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 21st | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 240 | 5. |
| 2020 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari SF1000 | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 11. |
| total | 246 | 53 | 35 | 32 | 57 | 38 | 3001 | ||||
Single results
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
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| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
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Records
- Youngest rider to take pole position (21 years and 72 days)
- Youngest world champion (23 years and 134 days)
- Youngest winner of two world championships (24 years and 98 days)
- Youngest winner of three world championships (25 years and 145 days)
- Youngest winner of four world championships (26 years and 116 days)
- Most Grand Prix wins in one season: 13 (2013)
- Most leadership laps in one season: 739 (2011)
- Most lead kilometers in one season: 3,796 (2011)
- Most podium finishes in one season: 17 (2011)
- Most pole positions in one season: 15 (2011)
- All leading laps in three consecutive races (2012)
- Longest winning streak: 9 (2013)
- Longest winning streak within a season (absolute): 9 (2013)
- Most wins from pole position in one season: 9 (2011)
- Youngest driver to have achieved a Grand Slam (24 years and 119 days)
- Most consecutive Grand Slams: 2 (Singapore & Korea 2013)
- Youngest rider to score a hat trick (21 years and 353 days)
- As the youngest driver to achieve pole position and race victory (21 years and 73 days)
- Most podiums at the same GP in a row: 7 (GP Japan 2009-2015)
- Remarks
- ↑ Vettel shares this record with Michael Schumacher (2004).
- ↑ Vettel shares this record with Michael Schumacher (2002) and Lewis Hamilton (2015, 2016, 2018).
- ↑ Vettel holds this record together with Alberto Ascari (1952/53).
- ↑ Vettel shares this record with Nigel Mansell (1992).
- ↑ Vettel holds this record together with Alberto Ascari (1952) and Jim Clark (1963).
- ↑ He shares this record with Ayrton Senna , Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.
Awards
- DHL Fastest Lap Trophy : 2009, 2012, 2013
- Driver of the year: 2009, 2011, 2013
literature
- Elmar Brümmer and Ferdi Kräling: Winner smile: Sebastian Vettel - The life of a Formula 1 idol . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-7688-3430-8 .
- Michael Schmidt: Sebastian Vettel: From kart champion to Formula 1 world champion . ISBN 978-3-613-03382-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sebastian Vettel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sebastian Vettel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of Sebastian Vettel
- Career statistics from Sebastian Vettel (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ No new contract: Vettel leaves Ferrari at the end of the year. In: tz.de . dpa , May 12, 2020, accessed on May 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c “You can buy a lot with money” Zeit Online, March 27, 2009.
- ↑ a b Father Vettel: "Seb slept in the trunk" Spox.com, October 2, 2011.
- ^ A b Daniel Drepper: From the difficult path to Formula 1 Ruhrbarone, March 13, 2010.
- ↑ Helmut Uhl: "Then stop later!" Bild.de, October 11, 2011.
- ^ Sebastian Vettel, Biography. Formula1.com, accessed October 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Felix Matthey: Vettel dreamed of Formula 1 at an early age. Motorsport-Total.com, August 22, 2012, accessed on November 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Heidfeld still angry because of Friday regulations Motorsport-Total.com, April 7, 2007.
- ↑ Vettel: "Really a bad situation" Motorsport-Total.com, May 7, 2007.
- ↑ Indianapolis GP: German talent Vettel replaces Kubica Spiegel Online, June 14, 2007, accessed December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Fabian Hust: Official: Sebastian Vettel replaces Scott Speed Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2007.
- ↑ No penalties for Hamilton and Vettel Motorsport-Total.com, October 5, 2007.
- ↑ Vettel enchants Formula 1 Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Vettel at Red Bull Racing confirmed Motorsport-Total.com, July 17, 2008.
- ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Vettel: New Red Bull contract until 2011! Motorsport-Total.com, August 21, 2009.
- ↑ Fabian Hust: Red Bull Racing has located Vettel's problem Motorsport-Total.com, March 14, 2010.
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Vettel: This time it was the wheel nut! Motorsport-Total.com, March 28, 2010.
- ↑ Fabian Hust: Vettel: "Mark was in his own league" Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Fabian Hust: cause of problems found at Vettel Motorsport-Total.com, September 12, 2010.
- ↑ a b Vettel and Riesch are athletes of the year Süddeutsche.de, December 19, 2010.
- ↑ a b Sven Haidinger: Vettel is now Europe's Sportsman of the Year Motorsport-Total.com, January 7, 2011.
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Until 2014: Red Bull successful team stays together Motorsport-Total.com, March 14, 2011.
- ^ Sven Haidinger: End of a "marriage": Vettel loses physiotherapist Motorsport-Total.com, December 14, 2011.
- ↑ Pärmäkoski: Vettel's shadow man and confidante Motorsport-Total.com, October 11, 2011.
- ↑ New fitness trainer for Vettel - Huovinen replaces Pärmakoski Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 28, 2012.
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: Again problems with the alternator - tire tests in Barcelona. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 15, 2012, accessed November 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Robert Seiwert: Punishment: Vettel loses podium place - Raikkonen now on the podium. Motorsport-Magazin.com, July 22, 2012, accessed July 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Red Bull driver triumphs again in India - Vettel on a par with Senna. kicker online, October 28, 2012, accessed on November 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Vettel honored for most of the fastest laps. Focus Online, November 25, 2012, accessed November 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: Red Bull: Great controversy about Vettel's victory - own interest placed above that of the team. Motorsport-Total.com, March 24, 2013, accessed March 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Annika Kläsener, Philipp Schajer: Officially: Vettel extends contract with Red Bull - until the end of 2015. Motorsport-Magazin.com, June 11, 2013, accessed on June 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Red Bull at Silverstone: A hero and a unlucky fellow. Motorsport aktuell, June 30, 2013, accessed on July 1, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Philip Schajer: "Formula 1 - Vettel is Europe's Sportsman of the Year 2013". Success repeated. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 26, 2013, accessed December 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Formula 1 - New Trainer for Sebastian Vettel". The next Finn. Motorsport-Total.com, January 15, 2014, accessed January 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Roman Wittemeier: "Vettel: 'Has nothing to do with the results'". Motorsport-Total.com, October 4, 2014, accessed October 4, 2014 .
- ^ "Vettel signs for Ferrari on three-year deal". formula1.com, November 20, 2014, accessed November 20, 2014 .
- ^ Raphaela Scheidl: Formula 1 - Vettel: The first pole in a Ferrari. This is just the beginning of the story. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 19, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2015 .
- ↑ “Sebastian Vettel leaves Ferrari”. sueddeutsche.de, May 12, 2020, accessed on May 12, 2020 .
- ^ Andreas Reiners: Schumi-Poster im Kinderzimmer Süddeutsche.de, September 15, 2009
- ↑ René Hofmann: Fabian Vettel: "Sebastian is not my sponsor" speedweek.com, May 7, 2017
- ↑ Fabian Vettel: Sebastian is happy for me. Younger brother of Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel makes his debut in the ADAC GT Masters. In: ADAC GT Masters . ADAC , April 11, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Formula 1 Vice World Champion Vettel: "I'm not afraid ..." Spiegel Online, December 1, 2009.
- ↑ Frauke Lüpke-Narberhaus: A "Sebastian-Vettel-Gymnasium": Greetings to the King of Speeders Spiegel Online, November 17, 2010
- ↑ Martina Fellner: Vettel with victory after Abi-Stress Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 9, 2006
- ↑ Sebastian Vettel & Hanna Sprater - Why wasn't she with him? Bunte, November 16, 2010
- ^ Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel marries his Hanna . In: Spiegel Online . June 20, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
- ↑ Echo Online : Sebastian Vettel is father ( Memento from January 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), January 15, 2014
- ↑ Sweet news from Monza! Sebastian Vettel's baby there . In: BILD.de . ( bild.de [accessed on October 13, 2016]).
- ↑ Happy family: Sebastian Vettel father for the third time! , Motorsport-Total.com, November 28, 2019
- ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Vettel remains in Switzerland , Motorsport-Total.com, August 12, 2007
- ↑ "I am rarely addressed here" , Tagblatt Online, October 13, 2011
- ↑ Vettel receives silver bay leaf: "Great honor" Motorsport-Total.com, February 24, 2012.
- ↑ Felix Matthey: Vettel appreciates honesty in Raikkonen: "He is authentic". Motorsport-Total.com, July 16, 2012, accessed November 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Self-made man: young star Vettel manages himself Hamburger Morgenpost, October 20, 2007
- ↑ Already done the rounds with Vettel WA.de, November 16, 2010
- ↑ Vettel and Red Bull support Wings for Life. Focus Online, April 30, 2012, accessed November 18, 2012 .
- ↑ Vettel drives in front of the Big Apple - Letterman speechless Focus Online, June 12, 2012, accessed on January 14, 2013
- ↑ Vettel on David Letterman show, made good humor ( Memento from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Topsportracing, June 13, 2012, accessed on January 14, 2013
- ↑ Vettel's Neue: Attack on Title Number Three. Motorsport-Total.com, February 6, 2012, accessed December 10, 2013 .
- ↑ Queen of the road! Champion Vettel names new car 'Kinky Kylie' after star Minogue. Mail Online, March 25, 2011, accessed June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Simon Pausch: "Abbey" - Vettel calls his car like a Beatles record. Die Welt, March 14, 2012, accessed June 4, 2013 .
- ^ Formula 1: Vettel starts with "Hungry Heidi". Spiegel Online, March 13, 2013, accessed June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Formula 1: RB10 christened: Vettel's new lady is called Suzie. Formula 1, March 11, 2014, accessed on March 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Maria Reyer: How Sebastian Vettel and his mechanics came up with "Eva". Motorsport-Total.com, March 12, 2015, accessed March 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Tobias Grüner: Sebastian Vettel's 2016 Ferrari is called Margherita. auto-motor-und-sport.de, March 17, 2016, accessed on March 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Juliane Ziegengeist: Ferrari name revealed: Sebastian Vettel calls Formula 1 car "Lina" in 2019. motorsport-total.com, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Wittershagen: "I'm one out of the curve". FAZ.net, June 29, 2013, accessed July 2, 2013 .
- ↑ eintracht.de: Interview with Sebastian Vettel. eintracht.de, September 25, 2015, accessed on September 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Social media refusal Vettel prefers pizza without anything . In: Motorsport-Total.com . ( motorsport-total.com [accessed October 8, 2017]).
- ↑ A great honor for Sebastian Vettel - team bosses choose Vettel as the best driver. November 19, 2009, accessed December 3, 2010 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Team bosses choose Vettel as driver of the year. Motorsport-Total.com, December 11, 2011, accessed January 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Jonathan Noble: Formula 1 team bosses vote Sebastian Vettel as best driver for 2013. autosport.com, December 12, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2014 (English).
Teams and drivers of the Formula 1 World Championship 2020
| Mercedes | Ferrari | Red Bull | McLaren | Renault | AlphaTauri | Racing Point | Alfa Romeo Racing | Haas | Williams |
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| 44 Hamilton 77 Bottas |
5 Vettel 16 Leclerc |
33 Verstappen 23 Albon |
55 Sainz 4 Norris |
3 Ricciardo 31 Ocon |
26 Kvyat 10 Gasly |
18 Stroll 11 Pérez 27 Hülkenberg |
7 Raikkonen 99 Giovinazzi |
8 Grosjean 20 Magnussen |
63 Russell 6 Latifi |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vettel, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German automobile racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heppenheim , Germany |