Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation: [ze?basti?an ?f?tl?]; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver currently driving in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is a four-time Formula One World Champion, having won the championship in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 with Red Bull Racing. He is regarded by fellow and former drivers as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport. Leaving Red Bull for the 2015 season, Vettel initially signed a three-year contract with Ferrari, which was later extended until the end of 2020.
Vettel started his career in Formula One as a test driver for BMW Sauber and made his debut with the team at the 2007 United States Grand Prix, replacing the injured Robert Kubica. Later in the season, he signed with Toro Rosso and stayed with the team into 2008. He became the (then) youngest pole-sitter and race winner at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, In his first year driving for Red Bull in 2009, Vettel finished the season as the youngest-ever World Drivers' Championship runner-up. The following year he went on to become the youngest driver ever to win the World Drivers' Championship, aged 23. In the same year he helped Red Bull win the team's first World Constructors' Championship. He followed up his first championship with three more titles, all in succession, becoming the youngest double, triple and quadruple world champion in Formula One. The 2010 and 2012 titles were decided in the final round, in 2010 coming out on top over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in a four-way title battle at Abu Dhabi, whilst in 2012 defeating the same driver again by three points. The 2011 and 2013 titles saw Vettel dominating the seasons to secure the titles early.
Ending his long-term association with the team, Vettel activated a clause to end his contract with Red Bull early after the 2014 season. Soon after, it was announced that Vettel had signed a three-year contract with Ferrari for the 2015 season. After his winless 2014 season, he returned to winning ways in his first Ferrari season, being the closest challenger to the dominant Mercedes cars and winning three races. 2016 also became a winless season, finishing in fourth place in the championship. Vettel and Ferrari enjoyed a resurgence in 2017, topping the standings for more than half the season following four wins. After dropping to second in the standings, a string of poor reliability and results in the second half of the campaign left him trailing Lewis Hamilton significantly and Vettel eventually saw his title hopes end in Mexico. In addition to the numerous 'youngest' records held, Vettel is currently in fourth place among all time race winners. Vettel is also currently in fourth place among all time polesitters, achieving his 50th at the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix.
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With Mercedes in a class of its own at Barcelona, Vettel knew that the only chance he had to take the fight to the German car manufacturer was by trying to do something special at the start.<br>The German picked up a good slipstream off Bottas on the run away from the line and tried to go around the outside of both Mercedes drivers at Turn 1 – but in the end braked slightly too late and locked ...
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The German saw rival Mercedes grab another front row lock-out at Barcelona, as he was left trailing pole position man Valtteri Bottas by 0.866 seconds as he took third place on the grid.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Spanish GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole by 0.6s<br><br><br>But although aware that Mercedes had the edge in single-lap pace, he has suggested that a different approach his team has taken ...
Vettel was fourth-fastest in second practice, fractionally slower than teammate Charles Leclerc, but both Ferraris were more than three tenths behind the pace-setting Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. <br>Ferrari has introduced an upgraded engine at Barcelona but was losing time in the final sector of the lap, which features more slow corners.<br>Asked if he was looking to gain time in the final sector ...
Ferrari has struggled to translate its pre-season pace into results and in the races it has been more competitive, Bahrain and Azerbaijan, Vettel has not been as fast as new teammate Charles Leclerc.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Leclerc "having a negative effect" on Ferrari - Villeneuve<br><br><br>Vettel has two third-place finishes in the last two grands prix and is ahead of Leclerc in the ...
Vettel, who had praised Ferrari's upgraded car during practice, finished third in Baku and now trails new championship leader Valtteri Bottas by 35 points.<br><br>From the editor, also read:<br><br>Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2<br>Vettel says Ferrari needs "crucial" turnaround in Spain<br><br><br>Asked by Motorsport.com if his confidence in the upgrades Ferrari ...
Ferrari again showed the potential speed to fight for the win at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but a crash for Charles Leclerc in qualifying and difficulties on the soft tyre for Vettel left the door open for the fourth straight Mercedes 1-2 finish.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2<br><br><br>With third-placed finisher Vettel and Ferrari falling ...
The Ferrari driver was one of the first cars to complete his final Q3 lap, which meant he had to run alone as he crossed the line while cars behind benefited from others' slipstreams.<br>In the end, Vettel missed out on pole position to Valtteri Bottas by 0.302 seconds, with Lewis Hamilton also pipping him for a spot on the front row.<br>Speaking after qualifying, Vettel rued the lack of a tow – ...
Following qualifying in Shanghai, Vettel was told over the radio by his engineer that his lap was only good enough for third on the grid – three tenths off Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.<br>Almost immediately Vettel replied in a frustrated tone: “We had it. We had it. We know why though, we know why.”<br>His comments prompted speculation that a mysterious problem had cost ...
Ferrari emerged from pre-season testing with an apparent edge over Mercedes but has been muted in the first three grands prix, while its rival has claimed a trio of one-two finishes. <br>It has been suggested by ex-Mercedes driver and 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg that Ferrari’s aerodynamic philosophy is compromising cornering performance too much in pursuit of more straightline ...
Team boss Mattia Binotto has made it clear since testing that Vettel would have priority in any "50/50 situation", as the team feels his experience as a four-time world champion means that the German is the most realistic title contender.<br>In the third race of the season in China, Leclerc was told to let Vettel by for third place, and as the race unfolded the Ferrari newcomer ultimately fell ...
Under new team principal Mattia Binotto, Ferrari has attempted to set a clear policy on team orders after suffering from indecision in recent seasons.<br>Binotto has identified Vettel as the priority in “50/50” situations because the four-time world champion is considered a better title bet compared to his young, new teammate Charles Leclerc.<br>Asked in China if team orders was the best way ...
Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc had overtaken the German for third place at the start, but was unable to keep pace with the leading Mercedes cars ahead.<br>Ferrari soon made the decision to move Vettel ahead of the Monegasque, which Leclerc complied with on the 11th lap despite seemingly objecting to the call on the team radio.<br>But Vettel could not make any inroads on the Mercedes duo either ...
Verstappen was the first leading driver to pit and his pace on fresh tyres allowed him to attack Vettel when the Ferrari stopped one lap later.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Chinese GP: Hamilton leads third consecutive Mercedes 1-2 <br><br><br>The Red Bull driver dived inside Vettel at the hairpin but had a small lock-up, which allowed Vettel to get back past on the exit of the turn keep ahead as ...
Red Bull's Verstappen was left furious after failing to cross the start/finish line in time to complete his final flying lap in Q3 after being overtaken by the Ferrari driver, as well as Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo.<br>The Dutchman argued drivers have an unwritten rule to not overtake each other during the warm-up lap, and claimed his rivals had "f****d up my entire ...
After Ferrari had the upper hand on pure pace in Bahrain, Vettel led the way in the opening practice session at the Shanghai circuit – but Mercedes has had the upper hand since.<br>Vettel ended up qualifying third behind an all-Mercedes front row, trailing pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas by 0.301s.<br>Asked about the gap after qualifying, Vettel said: “It’s too big. We’d like it to be the ...
Team principal Mattia Binotto has stressed, however, that his drivers remain free to fight, and that the team's position could be revised later in the season.<br>"Certainly as a team we need to give the priority to the team, and try to maximise the team's points at the end of the race,” Binotto said.<br>“And as I said at the start of the season, if there is any 50/50 situation where we need to ...
The Mercedes driver was fourth fastest during the first runs when he used the hard-compound Pirellis, while teammate Lewis Hamilton was quickest using mediums – setting a time of 1m34.226s after a quick spin at Turn 3 on his out-lap.<br>Ferrari driver Vettel was the first of the frontrunners to set a time on the soft Pirellis, initially going fastest with a lap of 1m33.357s to outpace Hamilton ...
Having established clear superiority in straightline speed at the preceding race in Bahrain, Ferrari was expected to build on that advantage on the long straights of the Shanghai International Circuit. And it proceeded to do so as Vettel surged ahead while running a harder compound of tyre than Hamilton, who closed out the session fractionally faster than Vettel’s teammate Charles ...
The Bahrain spin marked the second major error Vettel has made as of late while battling Hamilton, after an overtake from the Briton prompted him to likewise spin at the start in Monza last year.<br>But when asked whether he had a mental advantage over his adversary, Hamilton said: "I don’t feel that way, I don’t go into a battle with him and feel that I’ve got one up on him, or anything ...
Vettel came under renewed criticism after spinning during the Bahrain Grand Prix while battling with Hamilton.<br>It was similar to his error in battle with Hamilton in Italy last year, and two others in the second half of the season as his title challenge faded away.<br>Mercedes driver Hamilton stood up for his Ferrari rival last year and did so again in Bahrain.<br>“Maybe he's the only one ...
Vettel's spin came as he engaged in wheel-to-wheel combat with championship title rival Lewis Hamilton and followed a similar incident at last year's Italian Grand Prix. <br>Kevin Turner and Stuart Codling join Glenn Freeman to discuss what Vettel's error tells us about the rivalry between the Ferrari driver and Hamilton, and the impact Charles Leclerc possibly had on his team-mate in the Bahrain ...
Unexpected, heavy rain halted track running for a large part of the opening day of the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test on Tuesday.<br>That meant teams wasted little time getting to work with their respective programmes when greeted with improved conditions on Wednesday morning.<br>Six drivers completed more than 50 laps in the first four hours, as many as managed half a century over the entirety of ...
Vettel spun at Sakhir immediately after being passed by Hamilton for second place, and flat-spotted tyres caused a vibration that is believed to have triggered his subsequent front wing failure, which cost him more time.<br>The Ferrari driver went on to finish fifth in the race and is now 22 points behind championship leader Valtteri Bottas.<br>The incident came after several errors in 2018 ...
Vettel had made several costly errors as Ferrari’s 2018 Formula 1 championship challenge unravelled.<br>He spun again while fighting Hamilton for second in Bahrain on Sunday, losing control as he tried to cut back underneath Hamilton’s Mercedes at Turn 4, having been overtaken around the outside.<br>Vettel flat-spotted his tyres so badly the resulting vibrations shattered his front wing as he ...
Vettel overtook teammate Charles Leclerc off the line, but could not stay ahead of the Monegasque or keep pace with him afterwards, having to battle Lewis Hamilton for second instead.<br>A spin while fighting Hamilton led to a front wing failure and eventually resulted in Vettel finishing only fifth, which meant he has failed to score a podium in either of the first two races of the season for the ...
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