In 2006, Sebastian Vettel joined BMW Sauber as a reserve driver and became the youngest driver to participate in a Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend at the age of 19 years and 53 days when he participated in the second Friday free practice and set the fastest time. In 2007, Vettel was confirmed as BMW’s test driver and got his chance to race at the US Grand Prix where he finished 8th and became the youngest driver to ever score a point in Formula 1 at the age of 19 years and 349 days. Later in 2007, he was released by BMW and joined Toro Rosso. In 2009, he was promoted to Red Bull with whom he won his 4 world titles. Recently, Vettel left Red Bull to join Ferrari for the 2015 Formula 1 season and has a contract to run for the Italian team till 2017.

Here, we look at the Top 5 moments Sebastian Vettel had in his Formula 1 career till date.

5. 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

After a dismal 2014 season with Red Bull, Vettel made the emotional decision to leave the team with whom he won 4 world championships and move to Ferrari. Ferrari themselves had had a bad 2014 season but restructuring in the whole team and management meant that the “new” came out to be the only challengers to the dominant Mercedes. Malaysia proved to be the first of the three victories Sebastian would eventually take in the 2015 season.

A superior pace in the hot conditions and a risky strategy paid dividends for the Maranello team as Sebastian took his first victory in over a year and Ferrari’s in over two years. By not pitting behind the safety car, Sebastian stretched his tyres while the Mercedes duo got stuck behind in traffic which meant that Vettel gained a comfortable lead and eventually he won by a 10 second margin. Vettel finished 3rd in the championship and was the only driver to win a race and take pole position other than the Merc drivers.