A man in his late twenties wearing red racing overalls with sponsors logos. He is holding his right arm in the air to celebrate winning a motor race and is smiling
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.[a][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.[b][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.[c][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.[d][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]

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:

Grand Prix victories[14][21][20]
No. Race Date Season Grand Prix Circuit Grid Margin Team Engine Chassis Ref
1 22 14 September 2008 2008 Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 0:12.512 Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari STR3 [22]
2 29 19 April 2009 2009 Chinese Shanghai International Circuit 1 0:10.970 Red Bull Racing Renault RB5 [23]
3 34 21 June 2009 British Silverstone Circuit 1 0:15.188 [24]
4 41 4 October 2009 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 1 0:04.877 [25]
5 43 1 November 2009 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit 2 0:17.875 [26]
6 46 4 April 2010 2010† Malaysian Sepang International Circuit 3 0:04.849 RB6 [27]
7 52 27 June 2010 European Valencia Street Circuit 1 0:05.042 [28]
8 59 10 October 2010 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 1 0:00.905 [29]
9 61 7 November 2010 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 0:04.243 [30]
10 62 14 November 2010 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit 1 0:10.162 [31]
11 63 27 March 2011 2011† Australian Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit 1 0:22.297 RB7 [32]
12 64 10 April 2011 Malaysian Sepang International Circuit 1 0:03.261 [33]
13 66 8 May 2011 Turkish Istanbul Park 1 0:08.807 [34]
14 67 22 May 2011 Spanish Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 0:00.630 [35]
15 68 29 May 2011 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1 0:01.138 [36]
16 70 26 June 2011 European Valencia Street Circuit 1 0:10.891 [37]
17 74 28 August 2011 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 0:03.741 [38]
18 75 11 September 2011 Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 0:09.590 [39]
19 76 25 September 2011 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 0:01.737 [40]
20 78 16 October 2011 Korean Korea International Circuit 2 0:12.019 [41]
21 79 30 October 2011 Indian Buddh International Circuit 1 0:08.433 [42]
22 85 22 April 2012 2012† Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 1 0:03.333 RB8 [43]
23 95 23 September 2012 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 3 0:08.959 [44]
24 96 7 October 2012 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 1 0:20.639 [45]
25 97 14 October 2012 Korean Korea International Circuit 2 0:08.231 [46]
26 98 28 October 2012 Indian Buddh International Circuit 1 0:09.437 [47]
27 103 24 March 2013 2013† Malaysian Sepang International Circuit 1 0:04.298 RB9 [48]
28 105 21 April 2013 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 2 0:09.111 [49]
29 108 9 June 2013 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 0:14.408 [50]
30 110 7 July 2013 German Nürburgring 2 0:01.008 [51]
31 112 25 August 2013 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 0:16.869 [52]
32 113 8 September 2013 Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 0:05.467 [53]
33 114 22 September 2013 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 0:32.627 [54]
34 115 6 October 2013 Korean Korean International Circuit 1 0:04.224 [55]
35 116 13 October 2013 Japanese Suzuka Circuit 2 0:07.129 [56]
36 117 27 October 2013 Indian Buddh International Circuit 1 0:29.823 [57]
37 118 3 November 2013 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit 2 0:30.829 [58]
38 119 17 November 2013 United States Circuit of the Americas 1 0:06.284 [59]
39 120 24 November 2013 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 0:10.452 [60]
40 141 29 March 2015 2015 Malaysian Sepang International Circuit 2 0:08.569 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF15-T [61]
41 149 26 July 2015 Hungarian Hungaroring 3 0:15.748 [62]
42 152 20 September 2015 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 0:01.478 [63]
43 179 26 March 2017 2017 Australian Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit 2 0:09.975 SF70H [64]
44 181 16 April 2017 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 3 0:06.660 [65]
45 184 28 May 2017 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 2 0:03.145 [66]
46 189 30 July 2017 Hungarian Hungaroring 1 0:00.908 [67]
47 197 12 November 2017 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 0:02.762 [68]
48 199 25 March 2018 2018 Australian Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit 3 0:05.762 SF71H [69]
49 200 8 April 2018 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 1 0:00.699
50 205 10 June 2018 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 0:07.376
51 208 8 July 2018 British Silverstone Circuit 2 0:02.264
52 211 26 August 2018 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 0:11.061
53 234 22 September 2019 2019 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 3 0:02.641 SF90 [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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