Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel (born 3 July 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is a four-time Formula One world champion. He drives for the Aston Martin team in Formula One and is contracted by the team until the end of 2022. 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	FLaps	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	6	63	5th
	Masters of Formula 3	ASL Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	Racing Engineering	1	0	0	0	1	8	15th
	Macau Grand Prix	ASM F3	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Formula One	BMW Williams F1 Team	Test driver
2006	Formula 3 Euro Series	ASM Formule 3	20	4	1	5	9	75	2nd
	Masters of Formula 3	ASM Formule 3	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	3	1	1	0	2	28	15th
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	23rd
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Test driver
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
	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	7	0	0	0	0	6	14th
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	10	3	10	256	1st
2011	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	19	11	15	3	17	392	1st
2012	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	20	5	6	6	10	281	1st
2013	Formula One	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	19	13	9	7	16	397	1st
2014	Formula One	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	19	0	0	2	4	167	5th
2015	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	19	3	1	1	13	278	3rd
2016	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	21	0	0	3	7	212	4th
2017	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	20	5	4	5	13	317	2nd
2018	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	21	5	5	3	12	320	2nd
2019	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	21	1	2	2	9	240	5th
2020	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	-15	-1	-2	-2	-6	82*	3rd*

^* Season still in progress.

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	HOC 1 15	HOC 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	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 3	5th	57
2006	ASM Formule 3	Dallara F305/059	Mercedes	HOC 1 5	HOC 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	HOC 1 3	HOC 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 2	MIS 2 1	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	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 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	21	WDC	Points
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 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	BMW Sauber F1.07	BMW P86/7 2.4 V8	AUS TD	MAL TD	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA 8	FRA	GBR	EUR												14th	6
2007	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8											HUN 16	TUR 19	ITA 18	BEL Ret	JPN Ret	CHN 4	BRA Ret					14th	6
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2B	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	ESP Ret	TUR 17																	8th	35
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR3	Ferrari 056 2.4 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				8th	35
2009	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB5	Renault RS27-2009 2.4 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 RS27-2010 2.4 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 V8	AUS 1	MAL 1	CHN 2	TUR 1	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 2	EUR 1	GBR 2	GER 4	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 1	SIN 1	JPN 3	KOR 1	IND 1	ABU Ret	BRA 2			1st	392
2012	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB8	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS 2	MAL 11	CHN 5	BHR 1	ESP 6	MON 4	CAN 4	EUR Ret	GBR 3	GER 5	HUN 4	BEL 2	ITA 22^†	SIN 1	JPN 1	KOR 1	IND 1	ABU 3	USA 2	BRA 6		1st	281
2013	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB9	Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8	AUS 3	MAL 1	CHN 4	BHR 1	ESP 4	MON 2	CAN 1	GBR Ret	GER 1	HUN 3	BEL 1	ITA 1	SIN 1	KOR 1	JPN 1	IND 1	ABU 1	USA 1	BRA 1			1st	397
2014	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB10	Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	MAL 3	BHR 6	CHN 5	ESP 4	MON Ret	CAN 3	AUT Ret	GBR 5	GER 4	HUN 7	BEL 5	ITA 6	SIN 2	JPN 3	RUS 8	USA 7	BRA 5	ABU 8			5th	167
2015	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 t	AUS 3	MAL 1	CHN 3	BHR 5	ESP 3	MON 2	CAN 5	AUT 4	GBR 3	HUN 1	BEL 12^†	ITA 2	SIN 1	JPN 3	RUS 2	USA 3	MEX Ret	BRA 3	ABU 4			3rd	278
2016	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t	AUS 3	BHR DNS	CHN 2	RUS Ret	ESP 3	MON 4	CAN 2	EUR 2	AUT Ret	GBR 9	HUN 4	GER 5	BEL 6	ITA 3	SIN 5	MAL Ret	JPN 4	USA 4	MEX 5	BRA 5	ABU 3	4th	212
2017	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF70H	Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t	AUS 1	CHN 2	BHR 1	RUS 2	ESP 2	MON 1	CAN 4	AZE 4	AUT 2	GBR 7	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 3	SIN Ret	MAL 4	JPN Ret	USA 2	MEX 4	BRA 1	ABU 3		2nd	317
2018	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF71H	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t	AUS 1	BHR 1	CHN 8	AZE 4	ESP 4	MON 2	CAN 1	FRA 5	AUT 3	GBR 1	GER Ret	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 4	SIN 3	RUS 3	JPN 6	USA 4	MEX 2	BRA 6	ABU 2	2nd	320
2019	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t	AUS 4	BHR 5	CHN 3	AZE 3	ESP 4	MON 2	CAN 2	FRA 5	AUT 4	GBR 16	GER 2	HUN 3	BEL 4	ITA 13	SIN 1	RUS Ret	JPN 2	MEX 2	USA Ret	BRA 17^†	ABU 5	5th	240
2020	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF1000	Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t	AUT 10	STY Ret	HUN 6	GBR 10	70A 12	ESP 7	BEL 13	ITA Ret	TUS 10	RUS 13	EIF 11	POR 10	EMI 12	TUR 3	BHR 13		ABU 14					13th	33 [E]

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
^* Season still in progress.

Formula One records

Vettel holds the following Formula One records:

Record		Achieved	Ref
Most podium finishes in a season	17	2011^{[N 1]}	^[1]
Most wins in a season	13	2013^{[N 2]}	^[2]
Most pole positions in a season	15	2011	^[3]
Most laps led in a season	739	2011	^[4]
Most consecutive wins	9	2013 Belgian Grand Prix – 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix
Most consecutive grand slams	2	2013 Singapore Grand Prix and 2013 Korean Grand Prix^{[N 3]}	^[5]
Most wins from pole position in a season	9	2011^{[N 4]}	^[6]
Youngest Grand Prix pole position winner	21 years, 72 days	2008 Italian Grand Prix (13 September 2008)	^[7]
Youngest driver to score a double (pole position and race win)	21 years, 73 days	2008 Italian Grand Prix (14 September 2008)	^[8]
Youngest driver to score a hat-trick (pole position, race win, and fastest lap)	21 years, 353 days	2009 British Grand Prix (21 June 2009)	^[8]
Youngest driver to score a grand slam (pole position, win, fastest lap, and led every lap)	24 years, 119 days	2011 Indian Grand Prix (30 October 2011)	^[8]
Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion	23 years, 134 days	2010 season (14 November 2010)	^[9]
Youngest World Drivers' Championship runner-up	22 years, 121 days	2009 season (1 November 2009)	^[10]
Shortest time elapsed before gaining a penalty	6 seconds	2006 Turkish Grand Prix (25 August 2006) (6 seconds into his career, for speeding in the pit lane)	^[8]

Footnotes

↑ Record shared with Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher although Schumacher did so with fewer total races in the season (2002).
↑ Record shared with Michael Schumacher although Schumacher did so with fewer total races in the season (2004).
↑ Record shared with Alberto Ascari (1952) and Jim Clark (1963).
↑ Record shared with Nigel Mansell although Mansell did so with fewer total races in the season (1992).

Sebastian Vettel Media

Vettel came second in the 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series.
Vettel made his Formula One race debut at the 2007 United States Grand Prix.
Vettel scored Toro Rosso's only race win, only pole position and first podium at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
Vettel quickly became a championship contender after being promoted to Red Bull Racing in 2009.
Vettel became the youngest World Drivers' Champion after winning the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a record which he still holds.
Vettel became the youngest two-time World Driver' Champion in 2011, clinching the title at the Template:F1GP with four races remaining.
Vettel at the 2012 United States Grand Prix
Vettel (left) controversially overtook teammate Mark Webber (right) for his first race win of the season at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix, despite being given team orders to maintain position.
Vettel he took his maiden win for Ferrari at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Vettel began competing for titles once again during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, rivalling Lewis Hamilton, though ultimately never claiming the championship.