Portrait - Sebastian Vettel, child of F1!

Paddock newsboy, “Seb” grew up in the shadow of motorhomes. From the carefreeness of the Red Bull years where everything succeeded to the environmental awareness at Aston Martin through the learning of his own weaknesses at Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel has experienced the greatest joys and the deepest disappointments to enter right into the legend of sport!

Published on 28/07/2022 à 19:45

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Portrait – Sebastian Vettel, child of F1!

Sebastian Vettel has announced his retirement, planned at the end of the 2022 season. ©DPPI/A. Vincent

A kid! It is with her little blond head that Sebastian Vettel arrives on the Jerez track this September 27, 2005 to take his first laps at the wheel of a F1, a Williams powered by BMW. It was Mario Theissen, Director of BMW Motorsport, who was at the origin of this test, which was conclusive enough to be repeated in July 2006 at BMW Sauber. In August, from the Turkish Grand Prix, he was promoted to third driver of the team. Hinwil after the tenure of Robert Kubica to replace Jacques Villeneuve. His performances were quickly impressive as he set the best time in the first free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix.

Reconduit dans son rôle de troisième pilote chez BMW Sauber, il est invité à remplacer Robert Kubica – laissé au repos par les médecins suite à son accident au Canada – au GP des USA à Ind