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German driver, Sebastian Vettel, is just 25 years old and he's already won the Formula 1 World Championship three times in succession. Let's review some of the most important moments of his career.
Sebastian Vettel began racing the karts series in 1995 at the age of 8. Having shown early talent, he was accepted into the Red Bull Junior Team at age 11 in 1998.
He then won the ADAC Formula BMW title in 2004. In 2005, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euroseries where Vettel ranked second in the in 2006.
The young German competed in the World Series by Renault in 2007, and took his first win at the Nürburgring. Vettel was leading the championship when he was called up to Formula 1 to be the reserve driver of the BMW Sauber team.
He contested his first Grand Prix in Indianapolis at the wheel of a BMW Sauber F1.07 in 8th place. For the Hungarian Grand Prix, he drove for Toro Rosso.
Vettel collected his maiden F1 win at Monza during the very wet 2008 Italian GP. The following year, he raced for Red Bull Racing, and captured the world title in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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| Sebastien Vettel in Formula BMW in 2004. (Photo: WRI2) |
Sebastian Vettel began racing the karts series in 1995 at the age of 8. Having shown early talent, he was accepted into the Red Bull Junior Team at age 11 in 1998.
He then won the ADAC Formula BMW title in 2004. In 2005, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euroseries where Vettel ranked second in the in 2006.
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| Formula BMW, 2004. (Photo: WRI2) |
The young German competed in the World Series by Renault in 2007, and took his first win at the Nürburgring. Vettel was leading the championship when he was called up to Formula 1 to be the reserve driver of the BMW Sauber team.
He contested his first Grand Prix in Indianapolis at the wheel of a BMW Sauber F1.07 in 8th place. For the Hungarian Grand Prix, he drove for Toro Rosso.
Vettel collected his maiden F1 win at Monza during the very wet 2008 Italian GP. The following year, he raced for Red Bull Racing, and captured the world title in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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| Formula 3 Euroseries in 2006. (Photo: WRI2) |
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| Contesting his first Grand Prix in Indianapolis in 2007. (Photo: WRI2) |
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| Scoring his maiden Formula 1 win in Monza with Toro Rosso. (Photo: WRI2) |
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| As a teammate to Michael Schumacher at the Race of Champions. (Photo: WRI2) |
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| Winning his third World Championship in Brazil, 2012. (Photo: WRI2) |