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 Ferrari driver, who trails Hamilton by 40 points in the standings after the Singapore GP, has decided to take nine sets of hypersoft tyres to the Sochi event. Hamilton, in contrast, will have seven sets of Pirelli's softest compound at his disposal. The Mercedes driver will have one more set of softs and ultrasofts than Vettel. Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have ... ...
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Hamilton's victory in the Singapore Grand Prix has helped him open out a 40-point advantage over Vettel in the drivers' championship. And on a weekend when a brilliant Hamilton effort in qualifying was in contrast to Vettel putting Ferrari's hopes on the backfoot with a crash in practice, the Mercedes driver is clear about the value of his own performance. "I don't look at it and think ... ...
Vettel successfully got ahead of Max Verstappen to take second in an opening-lap battle after qualifying only third, and chased Hamilton for the lead through the first stint. An attempt to undercut the Mercedes for first place by pitting a lap earlier then backfired, as Vettel became temporarily stuck behind the yet-to-pit Force India of Sergio Perez and not only failed to jump Hamilton but ... ...
Vettel had to settle for third place behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Hamilton and Vettel made the best starts of the top three and the pole-sitting Mercedes cut cleanly through the first two corners as second-placed Verstappen had to defend his position from Vettel. Behind them, Sergio Perez nudged his Force India teammate Esteban Ocon into the outside wall at Turn 2, eliminating him from ... ...
Vettel headed Saturday's free practice by a comfortable half-second margin, but lost out to both Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen in the final battle for pole position. After climbing from the cockpit Vettel lamented what he described as a "messy" session. "For sure I'm not happy with how the day went," said Vettel. "Qualifying for us wasn't as smooth as it should ... ...
Vettel's fastest time was three tenths quicker than Raikkonen and over half a second faster than Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen ended the session fifth and sixth, over a second off the ultimate pace. As with FP1, which also began in daylight, many teams waited until a quarter of the session elapsed before heading trackwards. Heavy ... ...
Hamilton tried to clear Vettel on approach to the Turn 14 right-hander but backed out of the move, only to lock his tyres behind the Ferrari and miss the corner. He darted left to avoid the German and went down the escape road, reversing and carrying on without damage. “Basically I let the guys [Vettel and Force India's Sergio Perez] past and they both backed off, they were going quite ... ...
Vettel ended the session ninth-fastest after brushing the wall on the exit of Turn 21, abandoning his qualifying simulation lap immediately and heading to the pits. He didn’t return to the action, meaning he also missed out on the crucial race simulation work that teams traditionally carry out in the second half of FP2. “The lap I had up to the kiss to the wall was OK, but I wasn’t ... ...
Raikkonen was fastest early on using ultrasoft Pirellis, setting a best time of 1m40.510s to outpace Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.030s. During the early running, Lewis Hamilton went off up the Turn 14 escape road after a near miss with Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton was closing rapidly on the Ferrari when he locked up into the right-hander, narrowly avoiding hitting the red car. When ... ...
Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, will leave Ferrari after the 2018 season following four years as Vettel's teammate. Vettel and Raikkonen were friends even before they became teammates at Ferrari in 2015, and they frequently travel to races together. The German reckons the Finn is the best teammate he has ever had: "Yeah, absolutely. "Obviously one thing you can express in numbers and ... ...
The German has a 30-point deficit to Lewis Hamilton in the standings, having seen a number of opportunities to win races this year slip through his grasp because of mistakes. In Baku he locked up as he tried to take the lead after a safety car restart, in Germany he crashed out of the lead, and in France and Italy he has tangled with rivals. With Ferrari widely believed to have produced the ... ...
After Vettel saw another race win opportunity wrecked at the Italian Grand Prix when he spun after a clash with Hamilton on the first lap, the German is now facing a 30-points deficit to his Mercedes rival. And following a costly Baku lock-up, the first-corner incident with Valtteri Bottas in France and his crash in Germany, Ferrari will need no reminding about the points that have been thrown ... ...
Hamilton comes off best from Vettel clash Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari SF71H makes contact with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W09 Photo by: Manuel Goria / Sutton Images It didn’t take long for the world title contenders to make contact, and just three corners into the race Vettel hit Hamilton’s sidepod and the Roggia chicane and spun around, as the Mercedes man escaped without ... ...
Hamilton qualified behind the Ferrari pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel, and remained in third place after going through the first chicane. But with Vettel boxed in behind Raikkonen on entry into Variante della Roggia, Hamilton moved ahead on the outside line. The pair clashed exiting the first part of the chicane, and Vettel spun, leaving Hamilton free to attack Raikkonen and eventually win ... ...
Vettel could only finish fourth at Monza having spun to the back when he made contact with Hamilton as the Mercedes went around his outside at the Roggia chicane on the opening lap. Hamilton then beat Vettel's Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen to victory and extended his championship lead to 30 points. "Lewis obviously saw a little gap around the outside," Vettel told Sky Sports F1. "But then ... ...
Hamilton overtook Vettel around the outside into the second chicane on the opening lap, and Vettel ran wide, hit the Mercedes and spun to the back. He charged through to finish fourth behind Valtteri Bottas, as a time penalty dropped Max Verstappen from the podium to fifth. Raikkonen maintained the lead despite pressure from Vettel and a lock-up into the first corner, before Hamilton drafted ... ...
Raikkonen is a distant third in the championship, 68 points behind Vettel and 85 adrift of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. But despite the points gap - and the frequent suggestions that Ferrari prioritises Vettel - the four-time world champion says he assumes Raikkonen will challenge for victory on Sunday. “If he is starting from pole I guess he is allowed to win,” said Vettel. “It is a ... ...
Just moments after celebrating over the radio as he briefly grabbed the top spot in Q3 at Monza, Vettel was informed by the team that he had ended up in second after being edged out by teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Replying over the team radio, Vettel said to the team: "We speak after." Clearly disappointed about missing out on pole, the most likely cause of any annoyance from Vettel would have ... ...
The Ferrari driver was second fastest behind Lewis Hamilton on the first runs in the Q3 top 10 shootout, but while both drivers improved, Raikkonen outpaced the Mercedes driver. Sebastian Vettel briefly took top spot after crossing the line ahead of Raikkonen, before the Finn completed his lap to post a time 0.161s faster. Raikkonen's superb pace in the final sector - aided by a tow - was ... ...
Hamilton had the edge in the early part of the session before Vettel and his teammate Kimi Raikkonen improved, but the Mercedes driver was able to split the Ferraris on his final runs. The top three was covered by just 0.173s around the Monza circuit going into this afternoon's qualifying session. Early-morning rain was replaced by sunshine and the track was almost completely dry by the time ... ...
Ericsson's shunt happened just two minutes into the session at the start of his first flying lap, with his Sauber car snapping left when he hit the brakes on the high-speed approach to Turn 1 after the DRS failed to close. This pitched Ericsson's car head on into the barriers, with the car then launched into a series of rolls while spinning down the track. The car came to rest the right way ... ...
Vettel suffered a low-speed incident during the Wednesday afternoon demo, running wide into a plastic barrier and dislodging the car's front wing. Though the car was liveried with his numbers, four-time world champion Vettel said he was using Raikkonen's car and steering wheel, which he says has a different clutch control. "I apologised," Vettel said. "I went with the car and the steering ... ...
Both Vettel and teammate Kimi Raikkonen drove the car as part of a demonstration event on the streets of Milan’s Darsena dockland area. During his turn, Vettel understeered at slow speed into a plastic barrier, the impact dislodging the front wing and he was forced to reverse and then tour back to the makeshift pitlane. Earlier, they were joined by Sauber’s Charles Leclerc ... ...
If you missed any of the news or action from a wild weekend in Belgium, here is your F1 Debrief from all that happened. Plenty to talk about, so let’s go! Chaos at La Source Fernando Alonso, McLaren MCL33, crashes over Charles Leclerc, Sauber C37, after contact from Nico Hulkenberg, Renault Sport F1 Team R.S. 18, at the start Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images McLaren’s ... ...
Vettel drafted title rival and pole-man Lewis Hamilton on the Kemmel Straight on the opening lap, passing his rival as the Racing Point Force Indias of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez almost made it four-abreast heading towards Les Combes. Ocon backed out having pulled almost level with Vettel, allowing the German to hold the lead from Hamilton as Perez swept around the outside of Ocon into ... ...
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