Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...

is a former German racing driver and four-time

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who scored a total of 57 pole positions in his career and is currently ranked fourth in the all-time list of Formula One polesitters. He took his maiden pole position at the wet-weather affected

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in just his 22nd race start, driving for midfield team

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by outqualifying

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by just 0.076 seconds. He then went on to convert pole into his maiden victory, giving himself and his team their first pole position and race victory respectively, becoming both the youngest polesitter in Formula One history and the youngest Grand Prix winner that has started a race from pole position – two records, that still stand. His most glorious period was about to come when he joined

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the following year. At his time driving for the Austrian manufacturer, he scored a total of 44 poles, 39 Grand Prix victories and four World Drivers' Championship titles before joining

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. He scored his 57th and last pole position at the

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when he outqualified then-teammate

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by 0.189 seconds. Vettel is only the fourth driver in Formula One history after fellow world champions

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and

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to score more than 50 pole positions in his career. In all, Vettel converted 31 of his 57 pole positions into race victories, among them his maiden win in Monza 2008. He was most successful at the

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and

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by taking five pole positions each on both occasions. Vettel also currently holds the record for the most pole positions in a single season by scoring 15 at his championship-winning season. His largest pole margin was at the

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, when he outqualified

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by 0.913 seconds. His closest pole margin was on home soil in Germany in by outqualifying championship rival

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by just 0.002 seconds, which is considered as one of the closest qualifying margins in Formula One history.

Pole positions

Key: * No. – Pole position number; for example, "1" signifies Vettel's first Formula One pole position. * Entry – Entry number in Formula One career; for example "15" signifies Vettel's 15th Formula One race entry. * Margin – Time gap to next car on the grid, given in the format of seconds.milliseconds. * Race result – The position where Vettel finished the race. * – Driver's Championship winning season.

Number of pole positions at different Grands Prix

Number of pole positions at different circuits

References

External links

Drivers: Hall of Fame: Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel: Involvement
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Pole positions

Number of pole positions at different Grands Prix

Number of pole positions at different circuits

See also

References

External links