About
Sebastian Vettel was an F1 Driver from 2007-2022. He drove for 5 F1 teams: BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Ferrari, and Aston Martin. He was known to be very involved with his teams, detail orientated, and also a very witty and funny character!
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F1 Career
BMW Sauber
2007
2007
Vettel's F1 Debut came at the 2007 Indianapolis Grand Prix. After qualifying 7th, he finished the race in 8th place. This made him (at the time) the youngest points scorer in F1 history!
Scuderia Toro Rosso
2007 - 2008
2007
After his debut with BMW Sauber, he was transferred to Scuderia Toro Rosso for the remainder of the 2007 season. He made his deubt with the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In the 2007 season, he notably finished in 4th place at the Shanghai Grand Prix.
2008
In the 2008 season, despite a tough start, he finished in 5th position at the tight and twisty Monaco Grand Prix. However, his most notable achievement of the season was winning the Italian Grand Prix. It was a perdominantly rain-filled race weekend. Despite that, Vettel started from pole and comfortably won the race.
At just 21 years of age, he was (at the time) F1's youngest Race Winner! For 2009, he was promoted to the senior Red Bull Racing Team!
Red Bull Racing
2009 - 2014
2009
Vettel earned his first win and pole position with Red Bull at the Shanghai Grand Prix. He added 3 more wins, in Great Britain, Japan, and Abu Dhabi.
Despite a strong season, he finished 2nd place in the Championship, just behind Jenson Button.
In the 2009 season, he earned 4 wins, 4 poles, and 8 podiums.
2010
In 2010, he continued his form, winning on tracks in Malaysia, Valencia, and Japan. Despite Vettel's fine form, he suffered multiple reliability problems throughout the season.
Prior to the season finale at Abu Dhabi, Vettel was in 3rd place in the Championship. He was 7 points behind his teammate, Mark Webber, and 15 points behind championship leader, Fernando Alonso.
In spite of this, he started the final race from pole and won the race! With his stellar performance and poor performances from his rivals in the race, Vettel won his 1st F1 Drivers' World Champsionship!
In the 2010 season, he earned 5 wins, 10 poles, and 10 podiums.
2011
In 2011, Vettel had a very dominant season. The combination of the dominant Red Bull car and Vettel's all-round speed proved to be too good for the rest!
In a season of 19 races, he achieved 11 wins, 15 poles, and 17 podiums. With these performances, he achieved his 2nd F1 Drivers' World Championship!
2012
The 2012 season was a much more challenging season for Vettel and his team. In the first 8 races, Vettel won 1 race, at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Prior to the Singapore Grand Prix (14th race of the season), Vettel was 39 points behind championship leader, Fernando Alonso. From Singapore onwards, he had 4 straight victories, in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and India. At this point, he had taken back the championship lead.
The last couple of races provided challenging conditions to Vettel. In the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Vettel started from the back of the grid, since in Qualifying, his car failed to meet fuel regulations. In spite of this, Vettel went from last to 3rd place! During the race, he collided with Bruno Senna and on a separate occasion, he also collided with the DRS board, to avoid crashing into Daniel Ricciardo
The season finale was in Brazil. Prior to the race, Vettel was 13 points ahead of Fernando Alonso. The race proved to be extremely challenging for Vettel. At the start of the race, Vettel was spun round, following a collision with Bruno Senna. In spite of the collision, the rainy conditions, and radio problems, Vettel brought his car home in 6th place, which won him the Championship by just 3 points!
In the 2012 season, Vettel achieved 5 wins, 6 poles, and 10 podiums. Vettel had now become a 3-time F1 World Champion!
2013
The 2013 F1 season was another one of Vettel's dominant seasons. In spite of a solid 1st half of the season, in which he achieved wins at the Malaysian, Bahrain, Canadian, and German Grand Prix. His dominance really started from the 2nd half of the season.
From the Belgium Grand Prix to the end of the season (9 races in total), Vettel won the remaining 9 races in a row.
In the 2013 season, Vettel achieved 13 wins, 9 poles, and 16 podiums.
Vettel had now become a 4-time F1 World Champion. He was also the youngest 4-time World Champion in F1 history. It was now clear that Vettel was among the greatest in F1 History!
2014
2014 marked a new era in Formula 1. With a brand new set of technical regulations, there was a new dominant team in Formula 1: Mercedes.
Red Bull were no longer the leading F1 team, and this reflected on Vettel's performances. He was also partnered with a new and upcoming talent, Daniel Ricciardo.
Vettel endured a difficult 2014 season. He found it challenging to adapt to this new set of rules and was plagued with reliability issues. For the first time since 2007, Vettel had a winless season.
In the 2014 season, Vettel placed 4th in the F1 World Championship and achived 4 podiums.
Near the end of the 2014 season, Vettel announced that from next season onwards, he would be driving for the renowned Scuderia Ferrari!
In Vettel's time with Red Bull Racing, he achieved 4 World Championships, 38 wins, 44 poles, and 65 podiums!
Scuderia Ferrari
2015 - 2020
2015
2015 marked the start of Vettel's journey with Scuderia Ferrari! 2014 proved to be a tough year for Ferrari. In 2014, Ferrari finished a lowly 4th in the F1 Constructors Championship.
At the Malaysian Grand Prix, Vettel won his 1st race with Ferrari! This just came in his 2nd race with Ferrari.
Further wins came in Hungary and Singapore. In Singapore, he achieved his 1st pole position with Ferrari and dominated the race!
Despite a resurgent season from both Vettel and Ferrari, the car's overall performance was quite behind Mercedes.
In the 2015 season, Vettel placed 3rd in the F1 World Championship. He achieved 3 wins, 1 pole, and 13 podiums. Ferrari placed 2nd in the Constructors Championship, a notable improvement from 2014.
2016
2016 proved to be an up and down season for Vettel and Ferrari. It was a season filled with strategy errors from Ferrari and some driving mistakes. The car's overall performance was quite behind Mercedes and at times, even behind Red Bull.
At the season opener in Melbourne, Vettel made a blistering start, jumping both Mercedes cars and lead the race. However, an odd strategy from Ferrari and a slow pitstop ultimately caused Vettel to finish 3rd in the race.
In Canada, just like Melbourne, Vettel made a superb start, jumping both Mercedes cars and lead the race. However, just like Melbourne, Ferrari made the wrong strategy call, causing Vettel to finish 2nd in the race. He himself also locked up a couple of times at the Wall of Champions corner.
Overall, the 2016 season proved to be dissapointing for Vettel and Ferrari. Vettel endured another winless season. In the 2016 season, Vettel placed 4th in the Championship and earned 7 podiums.
2017
2017 marked another change in the technical regulations. It helped Ferrari close up the performance gap to Mercedes. For half of the season, the car's performance was on par with Mercedes.
Vettel started the season very well, winning 2 out of the first 3 grand prix. At the Russian Grand Prix, Vettel earned his 2nd pole with the team. He also went on to win the Monaco and Hungarian Grand Prix. At the halfway point of the season, Vettel was leading the Championship and amassed 4 wins.
However, in the 2nd half of the season, Ferrari lacked overall car performance compared to Mercedes, and Vettel faced reliability issues. In the Singapore Grand Prix, despite Vettel's stunning pole position, he retired from the race, due to an early collision with teammate, Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen.Vettel faced reliability issues in the Malaysian Grand Prix's Qualifying session, forcing him to start the race from last. In the Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel faced reliability problems right from the start of the race, forcing him into another retirement.
Despite a pole at the Mexican Grand Prix and victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Vettel fell short in his 2017 title quest. In spite of this, Vettel finished 2nd in the World Championship and achieved 5 wins, 4 poles, and 13 podiums.
2018
2018 was a season that consisted of costly mistakes from Vettel's side and Ferrari not being operationally strong, especially on circuits in which it had the quicker car.
Vettel had the perfect start to the season, winning the first 2 Grand Prix in Australia and Bahrain. Vettel had a run of 3 pole positions in a row, in Bahrain, China, and Baku. However, in China, Verstappen collided with Vettel, causing Vettel to finish in 8th. In Baku, it was looking like a comfortable win for Vettel. However, a late safety car put him in 2nd place, behind Bottas. When Vettel tried an audacious move on Valterri Bottas, Vettel locked up, causing him to finish in 4th.
Vettel achieved another pole position and victory at the Canadian Grand Prix. He added another victory to the season, winning at the British Grand Prix. At this point, Vettel was having a very strong season.
However, a major turning point came at his home race, the German Grand Prix. Despite Vettel's dominant pole position, the Grand Prix proved to be less straightforward. Vettel was leading for much of the race. However, rainy conditions caused Vettel to crash out and retire from the race. His title rival, Lewis Hamilton, started the race from 14th position, and won the race. Vettel bounced back from this setback, going on to dominate and win the Belgian Grand Prix.
However, from this race onwards, Ferrari's operational errors and lack of car performance and Vettel's driving mistakes ultimately ended his title hopes. At the Italian Grand Prix, Vettel spun round, after a collision with Hamilton. In Singapore, Russia, and Japan, Ferrari lacked overall car performance to Mercedes. In Japan, Vettel had a poor qualifying, due to Ferrari putting Vettel on the wrong tires at the wrong time. Starting from 9th place, Vettel tried an audacious overtake on Verstappen, causing Vettel to spin around. In the US Grand Prix, Vettel spun around again, after colliding with Ricciardo.
Overall, Vettel finished 2nd in the World Championship, again behind Lewis Hamilton. In this season, Vettel achieved 5 wins, 5 poles, and 12 podiums.
2019
2019 was another up and down season for Vettel. In 2019, Vettel was partnered alongside the prodigious, upcoming talent, Charles Leclerc. For the first half of the season, Ferrari were 2nd-best in car performance, except at power-heavy circuits. In addition to the performance deficit, Vettel made minor errors and Ferrari made operational errors.
Vettel's 1st pole of the season came in Canada. During the race, Vettel was keeping a marginal lead over Hamilton. Vettel made a mistake and locked up. Despite this, he kept his lead over Hamilton. However, he was penalized for unsafely rejoining the track. Vettel finished first in the race, but was demoted to 2nd, due to his penalty.
Vettel was plagued with reliability issues in the qualifying sessions for the Austrian and German Grand Prix. In Austria, Vettel made a good comeback, finishing in 4th. In Germany, despite starting last, he made a superb comeback, coming home in 2nd position.
In the 2nd half of the season, Ferrari were much more competitive, but Vettel again made minor errors and faced reliabity issues. In Italy, Vettel made a mistake, causing him to spin around. In Singapore, Vettel pulled off a stunning undercut and went on to win his 1st race of the year. In Japan, Vettel achieved a dominant pole. However, he had a poor start in the race, causing him to finish the race in 2nd position. In the Russian Grand Prix, Vettel made a fantastic start, helping him lead the race. However, he retired from the race due to reliability problems. In the USA Grand Prix, Vettel encountered a suspension failure, causing him to retire from the race.
Vettel finished 5th in the World Championship. In this season, he achieved 1 win, 2 poles, and 9 podiums.
2020
2020 was a difficult season for Vettel and Ferrari. The car's performance was perdominantly among midfield-level cars. Prior to the start of the season, it was also announced that this would be Vettel's last year with Ferrari.
Although Vettel achieved 6th place and 7th place finishes at Hungary and Spain, the car was just not good enough. His brightest moment of the season came in Turkey, in which he finished in 3rd place.
Vettel finished 13th in the Championship. In the season, he only achieved 1 podium. Ferrari finished 6th in the Constructors Championship, which was their lowest finishing position in recent years.
Although Vettel didn't win the World Championship at Ferrari, he had a great time at Ferrari. In his 6 seasons with Ferrari, he achieved 14 wins, 12 poles, and 55 podiums. He finished 2nd in the Championship twice!
Vettel's next chapter in F1 was with the newly branded Aston Martin F1 Team!
Aston Martin
2021 - 2022
2021
2021 was Vettel's 1st year with Aston Martin. For Vettel, the season was a new form of life in F1, since the car was operating in the midfield.
Despite a slow start to the season, at the Baku Grand Prix, Vettel had strong race pace and he took advantage of the chaos throughout the race. As a result, He finished the race in 2nd place! It was his 1st podium with Aston Martin and it was the team's 1st ever podium.
At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Vettel finished the race in 2nd place. However, he was later disqualified since his car did not meet fuel regulations.
Overall, considering the team's lack of pace, Vettel had a solid debut season with Aston Martin. Vettel finished 12th in the Championship. The team finished 7th in the Constructors Championship.
2022
2022 was largely an uncompetitive season for Vettel and Aston Martin. Like 2021, the car was operating in the midfield
In the 1st half of the season, Vettel had solid races in Imola, Monaco, and Baku. His highest finishing position of the season was at Baku, in which he finished in 6th position.
Prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, Vettel announced that he will be retiring from F1 at the end of the season. Determined to end the season on a high, he achieved more points finishes at Hungary, Belgium, Singapore, Japan, and the United States Grand Prix.
At the final Grand Prix of his F1 career, Vettel qualified in 9th position and finished in 10th.
Although he finished 12th again in the Championship and his team finished 7th again in the Constructors Championship, this marked the end of his time with Aston Martin and also a glittering Formula 1 career!
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