RACING DRIVER

Sebastian Vettel

1987 - Today

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Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈfɛtl̩] ; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022. Vettel won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull, and remains the youngest-ever World Drivers' Champion; he won 53 Grands Prix across 16 seasons. Born and raised in Heppenheim, Vettel began competitive kart racing aged eight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Vettel has received more than 13,207,002 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Sebastian Vettel is the 80th most popular racing driver (down from 73rd in 2019), the 1,787th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Sebastian Vettel ranks 80 out of 1,080. Before him are Mike Hailwood, Carlos Pace, Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Lucien Bianchi, and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. After him are Arturo Merzario, Vittorio Brambilla, Jo Siffert, Tom Pryce, Björn Waldegård, and Jacques Villeneuve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Sebastian Vettel ranks 7. Before him are Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Karim Benzema, Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, and Leonardo Bonucci. After him are Gerard Piqué, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lee Min-ho, Sami Khedira, and Cesc Fàbregas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Vettel ranks 1,787 out of 7,253. Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Christa Ludwig (1928), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Theodor Lipps (1851), and Wilhelm Marr (1819). After him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1568), Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Philipp Mainländer (1841), Horst Schumann (1906), and Oskar Gröning (1921).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Sebastian Vettel ranks 7. Before him are Michael Schumacher (1969), Jochen Rindt (1942), Walter Röhrl (1947), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), and Jochen Mass (1946). After him are Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Karl Kling (1910), Stefan Bellof (1957), and Hermann Lang (1909).

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