Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel (Born 3 July 1987) is a former German racing driver. Vettel came into prominence at 2008 after winning the Italian GP with Toro Rosso. After being promoted into Red Bull in 2009, he scored 4 successive driver titles from 2010 to 2013, thus earning the nickname "the next Schumacher". After falling out of favour with Red Bull in 2014, he moved to Ferrari with the aim of adding more titles. Despite some strong seasons, Vettel failed to beat Mercedes for the title, and after retiring in the 2018 German GP with a crash, he has been into a rapid decline, being defeated by new teammate Charles Leclerc and gaining a reputation for spinning and angry team radio messages. In 2020, he was kept by Ferrari for Formula Earth, but after being beat by Leclerc and the Red Bulls, Ferrari terminated his contract. Vettel then retired from the series, but briefly came out of retirement in 2025 to replace the injured Max Verstappen at Red Bull for 3 races, scoring a best result of 4th.