Sebastian Vettel is a German former racing driver who won four Formula One World Championships. He entered Formula One in with BMW Sauber, in place of the injured Robert Kubica at the , finishing eighth to become the youngest driver to score a world championship point in Formula One. Midway through the season, Vettel joined Toro Rosso for the rest of the year and . Vettel moved to the Red Bull Racing team in , and won his first world championship in , a season in which he became the youngest ever world drivers' title winner. Vettel won four titles in a row with Red Bull from to , which made him the youngest driver to win two, three and four world championships. After an unsuccessful year in in which he did not register a single victory, Vettel activated a clause in his contract allowing him to leave the Red Bull team. He moved to the Ferrari team in and drove for them until , twice finishing runner-up to Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team in and . The final two seasons of Vettel's Formula One career saw him drive for the Aston Martin team. His first Grand Prix win came in the rain-affected on 14 September; Vettel became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race at 21 years, 2 months and 11 days. He won four races in his first season with Red Bull in 2009 and finished runner-up to Jenson Button. Vettel took a further 34 victories with Red Bull in his four world championship winning seasons. His 2013 season included 13 Grand Prix victories, which equalled seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's record for most wins in a season. Vettel also took nine consecutive wins that year, from the to the to equal two-time world champion Alberto Ascari's record from to . The 2014 season was the first since his debut year that Vettel did not achieve a race victory. He won three races in his first season with Ferrari in 2015 and none in . This was followed by five victories each in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, one in and none in each of the 2020, and seasons. Vettel is currently ranked third in the all-time Formula One Grand Prix winners' list with 53 victories from 299 starts; the majority of his race victories (38) came with Red Bull; he has also won 14