Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality German
Date of birth	3 July 1987 (1987-07-03)
Formula One World Championship career
Races	101
Championships	3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
Wins	26
Podiums	46
Career points	1054
Pole positions	36
Fastest laps	15
First race	2007 United States Grand Prix
First win	2008 Italian Grand Prix
Last win	2012 Indian Grand Prix
Last race	2012 British Grand Prix
2012 position	1st (281 points)

Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is the Formula One world champion. He drives for the Red Bull Racing team in Formula One and is contracted by the team until 2011. He is a former driver of Red Bull Racing's sister team, Scuderia Toro Rosso, in 2008. Before that he was a reserve driver of BMW Sauber.

He currently holds numerous records in Formula One, most of them from his first win in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix and his debut drive in the 2007 United States Grand Prix.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	19	5	5	4	12	216	2nd
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	20	18	14	13	20	387	1st
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	ASL Mücke Motorsport	20	0	0	1	5	57	5th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Spanish Formula Three Championship	Racing Engineering	1	0	0	0	1	8	15th
	Macau Grand Prix	ASM F3	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2006	Formula 3 Euro Series	ASM Formule 3	20	4	1	5	9	75	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	23rd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	3	1	1	0	2	28	15th
	Masters of Formula 3	ASL Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	7	1	1	1	4	74	5th
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	1	0	0	0	0	6	14th
		Scuderia Toro Rosso	7	0	0	0	0
2008	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1	1	0	1	35	8th
2009	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	17	4	4	3	8	84	2nd
2010	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	19	5	8	3	10	256	1st
2011	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	11	6	8	2	10	234*	1st*

^* This season already ended.

Sebastian Vettel is the F1 youngest drivers champion in history.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	ASL Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F305/011	Mercedes	HOC1 1 15	HOC1 2 5	PAU 1 7	PAU 2 11	SPA 1 DSQ	SPA 2 13	MON 1 18	MON 2 17	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 5	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 2	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 2	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 15	HOC2 1 13	HOC2 2 3	5th	57
2006	ASM Formule 3	Dallara F305/059	Mercedes	HOC1 1 5	HOC1 2 1	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 6	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 14	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 7	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 1	ZAN 1 24	ZAN 2 2	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 Ret	LMS 1 9	LMS 2 9	HOC2 1 3	HOC2 2 12	2nd	75

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2006	Carlin Motorsport	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 DNS	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	15th	28
2007	Carlin Motorsport	MOZ 1 5	MOZ 2 3	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 6	MON 1 2	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 1	DON 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	5th	74

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 L V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR TD	ITA TD	CHN TD	JPN TD	BRA TD			–	–
2007	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber F1.07	BMW P86/7 2.4 L V8	AUS TD	MAL TD	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA 8	FRA	GBR	EUR											14th	6
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8											HUN 16	TUR 19	ITA 18	BEL Ret	JPN Ret	CHN 4	BRA Ret
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2B	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	ESP Ret	TUR 17																8th	35
		Toro Rosso STR3	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8						MON 5	CAN 8	FRA 12	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN Ret	EUR 6	BEL 5	ITA 1	SIN 5	JPN 6	CHN 9	BRA 4
2009	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB5	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	AUS 13	MAL 15	CHN 1	BHR 2	ESP 4	MON Ret	TUR 3	GBR 1	GER 2	HUN Ret	EUR Ret	BEL 3	ITA 8	SIN 4	JPN 1	BRA 4	ABU 1				2nd	84
2010	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB6	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	BHR 4	AUS Ret	MAL 1	CHN 6	ESP 3	MON 2	TUR Ret	CAN 4	EUR 1	GBR 7	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL 15	ITA 4	SIN 2	JPN 1	KOR Ret	BRA 1	ABU 1		1st	256
2011	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB7	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 L V8	AUS 1	MAL 1	CHN 2	TUR 1	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 2	EUR 1	GBR 2	GER 4	HUN 2	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		1st*	234*

^* Season in progress.

Other websites

• Sebastian Vettel Fansite (English)