Who won the World Championship in F1 2012?
Sebastian Vettel became a three-time World Champion with Red Bull Racing. Fernando Alonso, driving for Ferrari, finished runner-up, three points behind Vettel. Kimi Räikkönen (pictured in 2013) finished the season in third place on his return to F1, driving for Lotus. Vettel’s assessment of his time at Ferrari was pragmatic, but brutal too. It’s a relationship that has yielded no championships but 14 wins, making him the Scuderia’s third-most successful driver in that regard, and their fourth-most experienced driver with 111 starts. If I’m fair and harsh, then I have failed.Sebastian Vettel won his fourth consecutive and final Championship with Red Bull Racing. Fernando Alonso (pictured in 2011) finished runner-up, driving for Ferrari.Winless year and departure from Red Bull Webber left the sport and was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo, who was promoted from Toro Rosso. Vettel struggled with reliability issues throughout winter testing, which forced him to retire at the opening Australian Grand Prix.
Who was the world champion in F1 2011?
ON THIS DAY IN 2011: SEBASTIAN VETTEL MADE HISTORY! At just 24 years old, he sealed his second World Drivers’ Championship after winning the Japanese Grand Prix — becoming a double world champion in dominant fashion. That season, he was unstoppable: 🏁 11 race wins 🎯 15 pole positions — an F1 record! Aged 23 years and 133 days at Abu Dhabi 2010, Sebastian Vettel sealed the record for the youngest F1 world champion, a mark that remains untouched.Lance Stroll, 2017 Azerbaijan GP Just 18 years and 239 days old, he became the youngest rookie ever to stand on a Formula 1 podium—missing Max Verstappen’s all-time record by a mere 11 days.On debut for Red Bull, aged 18, Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix, becoming the youngest-ever driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix.