In his first year driving for Red Bull in 2009 he finished the season as the youngest ever championship runner-up. Vettel also secured Red Bull's first pole position and race win in the team's history. The following year he went on to become the youngest driver ever to win the World Drivers' Championship. In the same year he helped Red Bull win the team's first World Constructors' Championship, along with teammate Mark Webber.
Vettel is the youngest Formula One driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting, at 19 years and 53 days, and on his race debut at the 2007 US Grand Prix he also became the youngest driver to score championship points. While racing for Toro Rosso, Vettel became the youngest driver to lead a race, at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix. During qualifying for the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest Formula One driver to secure pole position.[1] He went on to win the race, making him the youngest F1 race winner by nearly a year. He also is the first and only driver to win a race, secure pole position, and reach the podium in the history of the Toro Rosso team, including the twenty years it was known as the Minardi team.
Contents
* 1 Early and personal life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Junior series
* 3 Formula One
o 3.1 2006–2007: BMW Sauber
+ 3.1.1 2006
+ 3.1.2 2007
o 3.2 2007–2008: Toro Rosso
+ 3.2.1 2007
+ 3.2.2 2008
o 3.3 Red Bull Racing
+ 3.3.1 2009
+ 3.3.2 2010
+ 3.3.3 2011
o 3.4 Future
* 4 Race of Champions
* 5 Helmet design
* 6 Comparison to Michael Schumacher
* 7 Racing record
o 7.1 Career summary
o 7.2 Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
o 7.3 Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
o 7.4 Complete Formula One results
o 7.5 Formula One records
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early and personal life
Vettel was born in Heppenheim, West Germany. He has one younger brother, Fabian, and two older sisters, Melanie and Stefanie. Vettel suggested in an interview that he was terrible at school; he also mentioned that his childhood heroes were "The three Michaels", who were Michael Schumacher, Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan. He stated that he wanted to be a singer like Michael Jackson but realised that he couldn't as he didn't have the voice. Vettel lives in Switzerland amongst other racing drivers and is a fan of German football team Eintracht Frankfurt. In July 2011 Sebastian recorded the current fastest lap-time for a Formula One driver on BBC2's Top Gear programme in the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car segment, with a lap of 1:44 dead, beating previous holder Rubens Barrichello.
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