Sebastian Vettel is a four-time F1 World Champion and considered to be a legend of the sport
Sebastian Vettel was born on 3 July 1987 in Heppenheim, West Germany, to Norbert and Heike Vettel. Vettel is presently 35 years old and is set to retire from F1 after the end of the 2022 season. Vettel’s first taste of F1 came as a 19-year-old when he joined the Sauber F1 team in 2006.
Vettel began karting at the age of three and began racing in the karts series in 1995 at the age of eight. He was accepted into the Red Bull Junior Team in 1998 and won various titles, such as the Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2001. Vettel was promoted to open-wheel cars in 2003 and was given a chance by Derrick Walker to test a Reynard Motorsport Champ Car in a two-day private test at the Homestead road course. A year later, he won the 2004 Formula BMW ADAC championship with 18 victories from 20 races.
Vettel became BMW Sauber’s third driver at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix – his first F1 outing. On his testing debut, he set the fastest time in the second Friday free practice.
Sebastian Vettel has announced he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season. The 35-year-old German, who spent six seasons with Ferrari after joining the Italian team in 2015, will see out the remainder of his final campaign with Aston Martin. Vettel is currently third on the list of all-time Grand Prix winners with 53 victories, trailing only Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.
“The decision to retire has been a difficult one for me to take, and I have spent a lot of time thinking about it,” said Vettel, who confirmed his retirement in a video posted on Instagram on Thursday. After making his debut in 2007, Vettel went on to win four consecutive world championships for Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, the first of which made him the sport’s youngest title winner.
In his illustrious career, Vettel has the third-most race victories (53) and podium finishes (122), and fourth-most pole positions (57).
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