Global InformationList of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Sebastian Vettel information
Sebastian Vettel is a German former racing driver who won four Formula One World Championships.[1] He entered Formula One in 2007 with BMW Sauber, in place of the injured Robert Kubica at the United States Grand Prix, finishing eighth to become the youngest driver to score a world championship point in Formula One.[a][3] Midway through the season, Vettel joined Toro Rosso for the rest of the year and 2008. Vettel moved to the Red Bull Racing team in 2009, and won his first world championship in 2010, a season in which he became the youngest ever world drivers' title winner.[1] Vettel won four titles in a row with Red Bull from 2010 to 2013, which made him the youngest driver to win two, three and four world championships.[4] After an unsuccessful year in 2014 in which he did not register a single victory, Vettel activated a clause in his contract allowing him to leave the Red Bull team.[5] He moved to the Ferrari team in 2015 and drove for them until 2020, twice finishing runner-up to Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team in 2017 and 2018. The final two seasons of Vettel's Formula One career saw him drive for the Aston Martin team.[1]
His first Grand Prix win came in the rain-affected 2008 Italian Grand Prix on 14 September; Vettel became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race at 21 years, 2 months and 11 days.[b][7][8] He won four races in his first season with Red Bull in 2009 and finished runner-up to Jenson Button. Vettel took a further 34 victories with Red Bull in his four world championship winning seasons.[1] His 2013 season included 13 Grand Prix victories, which equalled seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's record for most wins in a season.[c][10] Vettel also took nine consecutive wins that year, from the Belgian Grand Prix to the Brazilian Grand Prix to equal two-time world champion Alberto Ascari's record from 1952 to 1953.[d][12][13] The 2014 season was the first since his debut year that Vettel did not achieve a race victory. He won three races in his first season with Ferrari in 2015 and none in 2016. This was followed by five victories each in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, one in 2019 and none in each of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons.[1]
Vettel is currently ranked fourth in the all-time Formula One Grand Prix winners' list with 53 victories from 299 starts; the majority of his race victories (38) came with Red Bull; he also won 14 races with Ferrari and 1 for Toro Rosso.[14] His most successful circuit is the Marina Bay Street Circuit, the host track of the Singapore Grand Prix, where he won 5 times, with 8 podium finishes in 12 races.[15][16] Vettel's largest margin of victory in his career was at the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix, a race where he finished 32.627 seconds ahead of the second-placed Ferrari of Fernando Alonso,[17][18] and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, where he beat McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by 0.630 seconds.[19][20]
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- ^ Smith, Luke (29 March 2015). "Verstappen becomes youngest points scorer in F1 history". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Keating, Steve (17 June 2007). "Vettel becomes youngest F1 point scorer". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Barretto, Lawrence (27 October 2013). "Sebastian Vettel: Four-time F1 world champion". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Young, Chris (13 April 2020). "'Never understood': F1 great's confusion about Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull exit". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Spain stats – Verstappen surpasses Vettel as F1's youngest winner". Formula One. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Sebastian Vettel makes history with Italian GP victory". The New York Times. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Smith, Damien (November 2008). "Coming of age for Vettel". Motor Sport. 84 (11): 11. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Richards, Giles (30 October 2022). "Max Verstappen dominates Mexican GP to set record for wins in a season". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Michael Schumacher praise for world champion Sebastian Vettel". RTÉ Sport. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Chiu, Nigel (3 September 2023). "Italian GP: Max Verstappen wins from Sergio Perez to surpass Sebastian Vettel's F1 record for most consecutive wins". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Wilkins, Robert (7 December 2013). "Vettel officially picks up fourth F1 drivers' crown at FIA prize gala". Crash. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (24 November 2013). "Sebastian Vettel matches Ascari with a ninth consecutive Formula One win". Autoweek. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "All championship race entries, by Sebastian Vettel, finishing 1st". ChicaneF1. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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- ^ Yulin, Lee (23 September 2013). "Vettel storms to 3rd S'pore GP victory". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Meenagan, Gary (22 May 2011). "Vettel shows his mettle to deny Hamilton for Spanish Grand Prix". The National. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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