Nationality: German
Date of Birth: 3 July 1987
Drivers championships:
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010
Grand Prix victories: 53
Races started: 299
Pole positions: 57
Teams:
Aston Martin 2021 - 2022,
Ferrari 2015 - 2020,
Red Bull 2009 - 2014,
Toro Rosso 2008,
BMW Sauber 2007
Sebastian Vettel career
Sebastian Vettel won four consecutive drivers championship with Red Bull from 2010 to 2013. He was also runner up in the drivers championship three times.
Previous seasons
2022
Team: Aston Martin
Position: 11
Points: 37
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Part way through the season Sebastian announced that he was retiring from F1 at the end of the 2022 season. He scored points in 10 of the races with a highest finish of 6th.
2021
Team: Aston Martin
Position: 43
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For the 2021 season Sebastian Vettel was signed by the Aston Martin team. He was in the middle of the grid with one podium finish and 7 points finishes.
2020
Team: Ferrari
Position: 33
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his last season with Ferrari Sebastian Vettel had a difficult season with an underpowered car and was consistently beaten by his team mate Charles Leclerc.
2019
Team: Ferrari
Position: 5
Points: 240
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 2 This was a more difficult season with only one race win in Singapore, though he did have 8 other podium finishes. During the season Ferrari announced that they would not renew his contract after the 2020 season.
2018
Team: Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 320
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 5 Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton competed for the 2018 championship, but a number of errors by the Ferrari team and Sebastian Vettel cost Vettel the chance of winning the title.
2017
Team: Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 317
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 4 This was a season that Sebastian Vettel had a chance of the drivers championship but errors from the driver and team conspired to prevent this from happening. His 5 race wins and 6 second place finishes left him second in the championship.
2016
Team: Ferrari
Position: 4
Points: 212
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a more difficult year for Sebastian Vettel with no race wins and 7 podium finishes. Although he did reach 50 pole positions this season.
2015
Team: Ferrari
Position: 3
Points: 278
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 1 After 6 successful seasons with Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel moved to Ferrari for 2015. His first race for Ferrari in 2015 gave him a podium finish and his second race a victory in Malaysia.
2014
Team: Red Bull
Position: 5
Points: 167
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 After 4 consecutive drivers championships, Sebastian Vettel struggled this season having problems with the car and the new engine specification. He had no race wins and only 4 podium finishes.
2013
Team: Red Bull
Position: 1
Points: 397
Race wins: 13
Pole positions: 9 In 2013 he won his fourth successive drivers championship title. When he won in the USA it was his 8th race win in succession and was the first driver to do this beating the 7 consecutive wins of Michael Schumacher and Alberto Ascari. His win in Brazil the following race gave him a record breaking 9 successive wins and 13 in a season.
2012
Team: Red Bull
Position: 1
Points: 281
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 6 At Valencia in 2012 he gained his 33rd pole position to make him equal top of the pole position winners. He won the title again in 2012.
2011
Team: Red Bull
Position: 1
Points: 392
Race wins: 11
Pole positions: 15 Sebastian Vettel was the dominant driver throughout the 2011 season, securing the title with four races still left in the season. He became the youngest driver to win back to back drivers championships and only the 9th driver to achieve this. He also had 15 pole positions in the season to beat Nigel Mansell's previous record of 14.
2010
Team: Red Bull
Position: 1
Points: 256
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 10 The Red Bull car was quick at the start of 2010, with Sebastian Vettel taking the win in Malaysia. There followed an up and down season, but Sebastian Vettel won the final race of the season to to become the youngest Formula 1 drivers champion.
2009
Team: Red Bull
Position: 2
Points: 84
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 4 In 2009 Sebastian Vettel showed his ability by taking second place in the Drivers Championship and helping Red Bull to second in the Constructors championship.
2008
Team: Toro Rosso
Position: 8
Points: 25
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 At Monza in 2008 he became the youngest driver to win an F1 Grand Prix and also gave Toro Rosso their first victory.
2007
Team: BMW / Toro Rosso
Position: 14
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The youngest driver to score points in debut race when covering for Kubica in the BMW. He moved to Toro Rosso for the second half of the season.
