| Capital: | € 250 million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 32 |
| Born: | 07/03/1987 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Formula 1 driver |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Sebastian Vettel is a German racing driver from Heppenheim. He is one of the most famous drivers of Formula 1 and has won the world championship several times. As a driver of Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, Vettel collected several thousand points in the driver’s championship for the world championship and therefore one of the most successful German participants in the all-time competition. Sebastian Vettel won the 2010 World Cup for the first time and only the second German to do it in Formula 1. He was also one of a few racing drivers to win four consecutive World Cup titles.
Early life
Sebastian Vettel was born on July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim in Hessen. He has two older sisters and brothers, Fabian Vettel, who has also become a racing driver since 2017. He met his candidate his wife Hanna at school. Sebastian Vettel’s father took him to the karting, because he had his own kart and had a trained Vettel in it. Between 1995 and 2002 Sebastian Vettel was mostly a karting and won the German and European championship for young people. Vettel is supported by the first sponsor as a child and has been a participant in the Red Bull Youth program since 1998. Kart Dealer Gerhard Noack, who previously also supports Schumacher Brothers, also supports Sebastian Vettel.
Career
For Eifelland Racing, Sebastian Vettel began in the BMW formula in 2003, won five races in the inaugural season and finished runners-up. Vettel set a record following year. He was under contract with Mücke Motorsport and won 18 of 20 races, making it a clear leader. From 2005 he participated in Formula 3 for the racing team. Sebastian Vettel was allowed to take part in Formula 1 for BMW Sauber for the first time since August 2006 and was originally designated as a testing driver on Friday.
Sebastian Vettel made his debut as a replacement driver Robert Kubica on June 17, 2007 and finished eighth at the US Grand Prix. In the same season, Vettel was signed by Toro Rosso and competed in all other races this season instead of Scott’s speed.
In the 2009 season, Sebastian Vettel finally started for red bull racing and counted there as a regular pilot. Since then, Vettel won several races. The fight for the world title was stopped in the end because there were too many failures. However, in the end he was one of the favorites to win the driver’s next season’s championship. It was only in the last race that he could push himself into the first place with a victory, became the youngest world champion in the history of racing series at the age of 23 years.
For the next three years, Sebastian Vettel was able to defend the World Cup title with excellence. However, from 2014, Mercedes began dominating Lewis Hamilton, so he was rejected by another title under Red Bull. At the beginning of the 2015 racing season, Sebastian Vettel took over the ferrari cockpit, but could not build old success and had to let Mercedes enter each of the World Cup races.
Career spotlight.
On June 17, 2007 Sebastian Vettel drove his first race in Formula 1 for Sauber and immediately scored the eighth point of his first point. Finally, at 13.09.2008 he landed for the first time on the pole with Toro Rosso at Monza and also won the race as the youngest driver to date. At the end of the season, the Red Bull driver can then call himself Formula 1 world champion for the first time. He was later recognized as a German and European athlete this year. Since joining Ferrari in 2015, Sebastian Vettel has also become one of the highest paid racing drivers and produces around 50 million euros every year.
Famous quotes
“As soon as I took off the helmet, I must be very selfish to a certain extent – and maybe a little dirty bag too. But there is no reason why if I take off the helmet again, I have to be a selfish ass.”
“It is important not to receive such a setback. Because if you are not depressed, you don’t need to wake up.”
“We were on the same plane from India to Dubai. So Mark [Webber] said that if the plane crashed now, it would be very bad for the constructor championship.”
Amazing facts
Sebastian Vettel had a serious accident even before his career in Formula 1. In the Formula 3 race at the spa, he competed to a 274 km / hour barrier and almost lost his index finger because of this accident. However, the half-piece finger was successfully sewn again.
Not Michael Schumacher, but Michael Jackson was originally a professional role model Sebastian Vettel. Because the sound was not enough for a singing career, Vettel concentrated early racing career.
Like some other athletes, Sebastian Vettel also tried as a voice actor. In the 2011 film “Car 2” Vettel spoke Sebastian Schnell’s character.
