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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The Italian outfit was favourite for the campaign after pre-season testing in Barcelona, but was beaten not only by the Mercedes duo, but by the Red Bull-Honda of Max Verstappen in Melbourne.<br>Verstappen's new teammate Pierre Gasly had been eliminated in the opening segment of qualifying – after a single-run strategy backfired - and couldn't recover into the points on Sunday.<br>Ferrari ...
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Vettel and Ferrari entered this weekend's 2019 season opener as the early favourites after a strong fortnight of testing at the Spanish Grand Prix circuit in which Vettel set the benchmark time.<br>But Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was fastest in all three practice sessions then 0.7 seconds faster than third-place starter Vettel in Saturday's final part of qualifying, which prompted Vettel to declare ...
Leclerc, making his Ferrari debut, caught his four-time world champion teammate in the closing stages of the grand prix.<br>He asked if he should stay behind Vettel, who was on older tyres, and was told "yes, and back off to have some margin".<br>Explaining why Vettel was struggling so much compared to Leclerc, Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said: "When Seb pitted, put the medium tyres on ...
Ferrari had headed to the F1 season opener as clear favourite after a very strong winter testing programme at Barcelona.<br>But Mercedes turned the tables on the Italian team with a surprise step up in form as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took the top two positions on the grid with Vettel down in third.<br>Vettel said afterwards that he never expected such form from Mercedes, but has faith ...
After topping Friday practice and enjoying a huge advantage over the next-fastest team, Hamilton continued his good form into FP3 on Saturday afternoon.<br>He hit the head of the times as soon as he pumped in a first flying lap and regained the advantage on the two occasions he was briefly bumped back.<br>The first came seconds after Valtteri Bottas had completed a second flying lap, and the next ...
Vettel's Ferrari team stood as the pre-season favourite after Barcelona testing, and Mercedes publicly acknowledged that the Italian outfit looked to have the edge.<br>Heading into the Melbourne opener, Lewis Hamilton insisted Mercedes' estimations of its deficit in testing were “not BS”.<br>But Hamilton then swept both Friday practice sessions in Australia, going eight tenths faster than the ...
Hamilton had warned that Mercedes faced a clear deficit to Ferrari in pre-season testing, but kicked off Friday afternoon’s first running in Melbourne as if it was business as usual. <br>The five-time title winner set a 1m23.599s around the Albert Park circuit to head Vettel by 0.038s, with Charles Leclerc only 0.074s behind in his first grand prix session for Ferrari. <br>Max Verstappen gave ...
Leclerc has been promoted to Ferrari after one season with Sauber but his team principal Mattia Binotto has made it clear that Vettel will be prioritised early in the season if the situation requires it.<br>Ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix Leclerc reiterated that he "completely" understood Binotto's position.<br>"In any team there needs to be a number one and a number two in a ...
The Ferrari driver and Whiting met up at the exit on the Albert Park pit lane on Wednesday afternoon and stayed together for a first part of the lap as they inspected the circuit.<br>As news of Whiting’s death emerged on Thursday, Vettel said he was left in disbelief about the loss of someone so highly regarded.<br>“I guess I was as shocked as we all still are now, especially since I spoke to ...
Leclerc, replacing Kimi Raikkonen at the Maranello team after just one season at Sauber, has been tipped to be one of the stars in 2019 following an impressive debut campaign in 2018.<br>Leclerc topped two days of pre-season testing and finished just 0.010s off his teammate's best time.<br>Brawn reckons Leclerc could "unsettle" Vettel, but he feels the Frenchman will not be able to establish ...
Vettel crashed into the Tecpro barriers after he lost control of his car at Turn 3 during the morning session on Wednesday.<br>Ferrari concluded the front left wheel rim had failed after being damaged by an external impact.<br>After the incident limited Charles Leclerc's running to just an installation lap in the afternoon, the team decided to alter its testing programme for the remaining two ...
Vettel completed 110 laps before stopping around 90 minutes into the afternoon session at the exit of Turn 2, similar to the position in which Kimi Raikkonen's Alfa Romeo pulled off at the end of the morning's running.<br>Ferrari confirmed later in the afternoon that an "electrical issue" had caused Vettel to stop and the fix would take too long for him to return to the track.<br>It continued a ...
Leclerc has replaced Kimi Raikkonen alongside Vettel at Ferrari in the off-season, and Binotto confirmed during the launch of Ferrari's new SF90 challenger that the team would prioritise the four-time champion over Leclerc should “particular situations” arise.<br>This was interpreted by some as an admission that the 21-year-old Monegasque would be relegated to a support role in his debut ...
Ferrari driver Vettel spent the first half of the morning in the lower reaches of the top 10, but improved to sixth on the C3 tyre before starting a sequence of performance runs on Pirelli's softest C5 compound.<br>The first of those hauled him up to third and, although his next attempt was thwarted when he appeared to catch the Haas of Romain Grosjean in the final sector, Vettel first jumped to ...
The German lost control of his SF90 at Turn 3 during the morning session, and the car ploughed into the barriers on the outside of the corner.<br>Footage of the incident showed that some kind of failure at the front left of the car triggered the crash, but it took detailed analysis by Ferrari engineers to confirm that the problem was with the wheel rim.<br>A statement issued by Ferrari on Thursday ...
The Italian team has now decided to drop its usual schedule of alternating the drivers between the morning and afternoon sessions, and instead will give Vettel and Charles Leclerc a full day of running each.<br>Ferrari noted that it “has decided to have its drivers do a complete day each at the wheel, so that the work can progress in a more linear fashion," adding: "Charles will drive tomorrow ...
Mercedes admitted it was behind Ferrari after the first four days of testing but its W10 rolled out on Tuesday this week with a series of major aerodynamic updates.<br>The lead times required to produce a new aero package suggest Mercedes was always planning to produce a much more advanced concept for test two.<br>Asked if he had kept an eye on the Mercedes update, Vettel said: "Yes. You ...
Vettel went off on the entry to the fast Turn 3 right-hander after what Ferrari described as a "mechanical problem".<br>The cause has not been detailed, although images seen by Motorsport.com revealed the left side of the front wing was making contact with the track as Vettel went off.<br>Vettel said he did not know "much more than everyone knows" when asked during Wednesday's lunch break what ...
Sainz took over the MCL34 from teammate Lando Norris - who ended Tuesday's first day on top despite twice stopping out on track - on Wednesday morning and went fastest on his first timed run towards the end of the first hour with a 1m18.878s.<br>His next improvement took him into the mid-1m17s, before he set his session-topping 1m17.144s lap on the softer C4 compound around an hour and a quarter ...
F1 has reduced the complexity of the front wing this series as part of a number of aerodynamic changes designed to make it easier for cars to follow. <br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Extreme vs conventional - 2019's wing design battleground<br><br><br>Vettel said he does not like the fact F1 has returned to front wings that are the full width of the car. <br>“The front wing looks really ugly,” said ...
Despite much improved performance from its F1 cars, Ferrari's two latest title challenges collapsed in the latter stages of those respective campaigns as Mercedes maintained its unbeaten streak in the hybrid era.<br>This contributed to the departure of Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene in the off-season, with Mattia Binotto, who as tech chief oversaw the Scuderia's recent performance gains ...
New Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto, who landed the top job after Maurizio Arrivabene was dropped, suggested last week that Vettel may be prioritised over Charles Leclerc if the situation calls for it.<br>"I think it's normal, especially early in the season, that if there are particular situations our priority will be Sebastian," Binotto said at the launch of Ferrari's 2019 car.<br>Wolff has no ...
Ferrari came out of the blocks strongly on Day 1 of F1 pre-season testing with Sebastian Vettel setting the fastest time.<br>Vettel's quickest lap of 1m18.161s in the morning session was set on the middle compound of Pirelli's range for the tests. Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean were second and third fastest, some way off the pace of the Ferrari.<br>Ferrari's promising start also included 169 ...
Vettel topped the opening day of the first Barcelona test by four tenths of a second and also completed more laps (169) than any other driver.<br>He declared himself "very happy" on Monday evening and said Ferrari's new car is "doing what I want".<br>Asked by Motorsport.com if he could have hoped for a first day like that, the four-time world champion replied: "Honestly no.<br>"It was ...
Vettel had set a 1m18.161s in the morning session on the 'C3' tyres, 1.783 seconds quicker than his nearest rival Sergio Perez in the Racing Point car.<br>While he didn't improve his laptime in the afternoon, Vettel increased his lap count to 169 by the end of the day, which was enough to head the mileage rankings as well, although his margin over the field was reduced.<br>Romain Grosjean ...
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