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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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July 3, 1987, Heppenheim, West Germany [now in Germany] (age 37)
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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. He also captured the title in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He retired from F1 in 2022. Vettel grew up idolizing German racing icon Michael Schumacher, and he took up karting in 1995. He proved to have great talent and soon drew the attention of Gerhard Noack, a track owner who had shepherded Schumacher through his own youth-karting career. Noack’s support (as well as that ...(100 of 838 words)

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