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Vettel celebrating his victory at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, his first for the Ferrari team.

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.[lower-alpha 1][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.[lower-alpha 2][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.[lower-alpha 3][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.[lower-alpha 4][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] His final win came at the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix.

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]

Wins

Sebastian Vettel has 53 Grand Prix victories with Toro Rosso, Red Bull and Ferrari, since entering Formula One in 2007.

Key:

  • No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Vettel's first race win.
  • Race – Race number in Vettel's Formula One career; for example "75" signifies Vettel's 75th Formula One race.
  • Grid – The position on the grid from which Vettel started the race.
  • Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of minutes:seconds.milliseconds
  • † – Driver's Championship winning season.
Grand Prix victories[14][21][20]
No. Race Date Season Grand Prix Circuit Grid Margin Team Engine Chassis Ref
1 2214 September 20082008ItalianAutodromo Nazionale Monza10:12.512Scuderia Toro RossoFerrariSTR3[22]
2 2919 April 20092009ChineseShanghai International Circuit10:10.970Red Bull RacingRenaultRB5[23]
3 3421 June 2009BritishSilverstone Circuit10:15.188[24]
4 414 October 2009JapaneseSuzuka Circuit10:04.877[25]
5 431 November 2009Abu DhabiYas Marina Circuit20:17.875[26]
6 464 April 20102010†MalaysianSepang International Circuit30:04.849RB6[27]
7 5227 June 2010EuropeanValencia Street Circuit10:05.042[28]
8 5910 October 2010JapaneseSuzuka Circuit10:00.905[29]
9 617 November 2010BrazilianAutódromo José Carlos Pace20:04.243[30]
10 6214 November 2010Abu DhabiYas Marina Circuit10:10.162[31]
11 6327 March 20112011†AustralianMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit10:22.297RB7[32]
12 6410 April 2011MalaysianSepang International Circuit10:03.261[33]
13 668 May 2011TurkishIstanbul Park10:08.807[34]
14 6722 May 2011SpanishCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya20:00.630[35]
15 6829 May 2011MonacoCircuit de Monaco10:01.138[36]
16 7026 June 2011EuropeanValencia Street Circuit10:10.891[37]
17 7428 August 2011BelgianCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps10:03.741[38]
18 7511 September 2011ItalianAutodromo Nazionale Monza10:09.590[39]
19 7625 September 2011SingaporeMarina Bay Street Circuit10:01.737[40]
20 7816 October 2011KoreanKorea International Circuit20:12.019[41]
21 7930 October 2011IndianBuddh International Circuit10:08.433[42]
22 8522 April 20122012†BahrainBahrain International Circuit10:03.333RB8[43]
23 9523 September 2012SingaporeMarina Bay Street Circuit30:08.959[44]
24 967 October 2012JapaneseSuzuka Circuit10:20.639[45]
25 9714 October 2012KoreanKorea International Circuit20:08.231[46]
26 9828 October 2012IndianBuddh International Circuit10:09.437[47]
27 10324 March 20132013†MalaysianSepang International Circuit10:04.298RB9[48]
28 10521 April 2013BahrainBahrain International Circuit20:09.111[49]
29 1089 June 2013CanadianCircuit Gilles Villeneuve10:14.408[50]
30 1107 July 2013GermanNürburgring20:01.008[51]
31 11225 August 2013BelgianCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps20:16.869[52]
32 1138 September 2013ItalianAutodromo Nazionale Monza10:05.467[53]
33 11422 September 2013SingaporeMarina Bay Street Circuit10:32.627[54]
34 1156 October 2013KoreanKorean International Circuit10:04.224[55]
35 11613 October 2013JapaneseSuzuka Circuit20:07.129[56]
36 11727 October 2013IndianBuddh International Circuit10:29.823[57]
37 1183 November 2013Abu DhabiYas Marina Circuit20:30.829[58]
38 11917 November 2013United StatesCircuit of the Americas10:06.284[59]
39 12024 November 2013BrazilianAutódromo José Carlos Pace10:10.452[60]
40 14129 March 20152015MalaysianSepang International Circuit20:08.569Scuderia FerrariFerrariSF15-T[61]
41 14926 July 2015HungarianHungaroring30:15.748[62]
42 15220 September 2015SingaporeMarina Bay Street Circuit10:01.478[63]
43 17926 March 20172017AustralianMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit20:09.975SF70H[64]
44 18116 April 2017BahrainBahrain International Circuit30:06.660[65]
45 18428 May 2017MonacoCircuit de Monaco20:03.145[66]
46 18930 July 2017HungarianHungaroring10:00.908[67]
47 19712 November 2017BrazilianAutódromo José Carlos Pace20:02.762[68]
48 19925 March 20182018AustralianMelbourne Grand Prix Circuit30:05.762SF71H[69]
49 2008 April 2018BahrainBahrain International Circuit10:00.699
50 20510 June 2018CanadianCircuit Gilles Villeneuve10:07.376
51 2088 July 2018BritishSilverstone Circuit20:02.264
52 21126 August 2018BelgianCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps20:11.061
53 23422 September 20192019SingaporeMarina Bay Street Circuit30:02.641SF90[70]

Number of wins at different Grands Prix

Vettel driving to the left of a light red pit lane barrier on a wet track surface
Vettel's first win at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix was Toro Rosso's first and only victory in Formula One.
Sebastian Vettel celebrating a victory on a centre of a podium with two drivers either side of him
The 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix was one of Vettel's four victories at the Malaysian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel driving a Formula One car on an asphalt track surface in Bahrain
Vettel en route to winning the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel turning into a right-hand corner on a asphalt racing surface
Vettel driving for Ferrari at the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel in a scarlet red Formula One car with his right hand out of the cockit to celebrate a race win
Vettel celebrating his victory at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix

Vettel has won at 21 out of 39 different Grands Prix he has partaken in. The 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the Austrian Grand Prix, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the Dutch Grand Prix, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the Eifel Grand Prix, the French Grand Prix, the Mexican Grand Prix, the Mexico City Grand Prix, the Miami Grand Prix, the Portuguese Grand Prix, the Qatar Grand Prix, the Russian Grand Prix, the Sakhir Grand Prix, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the Styrian Grand Prix and the Tuscan Grand Prix are the events he has entered and not won.[15]

Victories at different Grands Prix
No. Grand Prix Years won Wins
1 Singapore Grand Prix 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019 5
2 Japanese Grand Prix 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 4
Malaysian Grand Prix 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Bahrain Grand Prix 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
5 Italian Grand Prix 2008, 2011, 2013 3
Korean Grand Prix 2011, 2012, 2013
Indian Grand Prix 2011, 2012, 2013
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009, 2010, 2013
Brazilian Grand Prix 2010, 2013, 2017
Australian Grand Prix 2011, 2017, 2018
Belgian Grand Prix 2011, 2013, 2018
12 European Grand Prix 2010, 2011 2
Monaco Grand Prix 2011, 2017
Hungarian Grand Prix 2015, 2017
Canadian Grand Prix 2013, 2018
British Grand Prix 2009, 2018
17 Chinese Grand Prix 2009 1
Turkish Grand Prix 2011
Spanish Grand Prix 2011
German Grand Prix 2013
United States Grand Prix 2013
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 53
Sources:[14][15]

Number of wins at different circuits

Vettel has won at 21 out of 37 different race tracks he has competed on. The Algarve International Circuit, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the Baku City Circuit, the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the Circuit Paul Ricard, Circuit Zandvoort, the Hockenheimring, Fuji Speedway, the Imola Circuit, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, the Losail International Circuit, the Miami International Autodrome, Mugello Circuit, the Red Bull Ring and the Sochi Autodrom are the circuits he has driven and not won an event.[16]

Victories at different circuits
No. Circuit Years won Wins
1 Marina Bay Street Circuit 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019 5
2 Suzuka Circuit 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 4
Sepang International Circuit 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Bahrain International Circuit 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
5 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 2008, 2011, 2013 3
Korea International Circuit 2011, 2012, 2013
Buddh International Circuit 2011, 2012, 2013
Yas Marina Circuit 2009, 2010, 2013
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2010, 2013, 2017
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit 2011, 2017, 2018
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2011, 2013, 2018
12 Valencia Street Circuit 2010, 2011 2
Circuit de Monaco 2011, 2017
Hungaroring 2015, 2017
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2013, 2018
Silverstone Circuit 2009, 2018
17 Shanghai International Circuit 2009 1
Istanbul Park 2011
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2011
Nürburgring 2013
Circuit of the Americas 2013
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 53
Sources:[14][16]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The current holder of this record is Max Verstappen who finished seventh at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix when he was 17 years, 180 days old.[2]
  2. ↑ The current holder of this record is Max Verstappen who won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix when he was 18 years, 228 days old.[6]
  3. ↑ Max Verstappen is the current holder of this record, achieving his 14th victory of the 2022 season at that year's Mexico City Grand Prix.[9]
  4. ↑ The record was broken ten years later by Max Verstappen, who took his tenth consecutive victory at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.[11]

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