Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel lives in Thurgovia, Switzerland. He is a fan of The Beatles, and likes British comedies like ‘Little Britain’ and ‘Monty Python's Life of Brian.’

He is in a relationship with his childhood friend Hanna Prater, and their first daughter Emilie was born in January 2014. His second daughter Matilda was born in September 2015.

In 2015, Forbes estimated his annual income to be $33 million.

Sebastian Vettel was born on July 3, 1987, in Heppenheim, Germany, to Norbert and Heike Vettel. He has two older sisters—Melanie and Stefanie, and a younger brother, Fabian, who is also a racing driver.

At the age of three-and-a-half, Vettel started amateur karting, and when he was eight, he began racing in karts series. At 11, he was taken into the Red Bull Junior Team. He won several junior titles, like Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2001.

He passed his school leaving exams from Starkenburg Gymnasium. His childhood heroes were Michael Schumacher, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan.

In 2003, Sebastian Vettel started racing open-wheel cars, and won the 2004 German Formula BMW Championship with 18 victories from 20 races. At Formula 3 Euro Series in 2005, he was in the fifth position, winning the top rookie honors.

In 2006, when he was just 18, he was promoted to a test driver for Sauber in Formula One. Despite several victories, he couldn’t bag the championship.

He became the youngest Formula One driver to participate in the Grand Prix 2006. In the second testing in 2006 Italian Grand Prix, he set the fastest time in Friday practice sessions.

In 2007, at Formula Renault 3.5 Series, he won at the Nürburgring. He was leading the championship, but was called up to Formula One permanently.

He was confirmed as BMW's test driver for 2007. He participated in the US Grand Prix, and took his first World Championship point, and became the youngest driver to score a point in Formula One. That year, he earned US$165,000 for finishing the season with Toro Rosso. He finished fourth at the Chinese Grand Prix, and collected five championship points.

In 2008, Sebastian Vettel was named Rookie of the Year at the annual Autosport Awards.

In 2009, he was awarded the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy for his achievements in 2008. The following year, he was voted German Sports personality of the Year.

He won the International Racing Driver category at the Autosport Awards for four successive years from 2010-13.

In 2012, he was honored with the Grands Prix de l'Academie des Sports 2011 for being "Double consecutive F1 World Champion at the age of twenty four – winner of eleven Grands Prix out of nineteen."

Double consecutive F1 World Champion at the age of twenty four – winner of eleven Grands Prix out of nineteen."