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Sebastian Vettel working on a crossword puzzle German race-car driver Sebastian Vettel working on a crossword puzzle before the Italian Formula One Grand Prix in September 2009.

Sebastian Vettel

German race-car driver
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Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987, Heppenheim, West Germany [now in Germany]) is a German race-car driver who in 2010, at age 23, became the youngest person to win the Formula One (F1) world drivers’ championship. (In 2026 Kimi Antonelli, at age 20, displaced Vettel as the youngest F1 champion.) Vettel also captured the drivers’ title in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He retired from F1 in 2022. Vettel grew up idolizing German racing icon Michael...

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