Fabian Vettel (born 10 December 1998) is a German racing driver who last competed in the 2021 ADAC GT4 Germany. He is also a brand ambassador of the

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company Racing Unleashed.

Career

Vettel started karting at the age of 16. In 2017 Vettel made his car racing debut by competing in the

Audi Sport TT Cup The Audi Sport TT Cup was a one-make super car racing series by Audi based in Germany first held in 2015. Audi Sport TT Cup cars based on the Audi TT. It was a support series for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, replacing the Volkswagen Sciro ...

. He took his maiden podium at the

Nürburgring The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...

and finished the season as ninth in the drivers' championship. In 2018 he joined

Konrad Motorsport Konrad Motorsport is an auto racing team initially from Austria, but now based in Germany. Founded by Austrian racer Franz Konrad in 1976, the team has mostly run Porsches, although they have also run Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Saleens over th ...

to compete in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. In 2019 he competed in the

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

for Mann-Filter Team HTP. Together with his teammate Philip Ellis he took his maiden podium at

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. The duo finished the season in twenty-first. That year he also joined GetSpeed Performance to compete in the

24 Hours of Nürburgring 4 (four) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is tetraphobia, considered unlucky i ...

. Together with his teammates Philip Ellis, Luca Ludwig and Jules Szymkowiak he finished the race in sixth overall. In 2021 Vettel joined W&S Motorsport for the

Hockenheimring The Hockenheimring, officially Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg () is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other mot ...

round of the

ADAC GT4 Germany The ADAC GT4 Germany is a grand tourer-based auto racing series that is largely held in Germany. The races are held as part of the ADAC GT Masters, and GT4 vehicles are used. The championship took place for the first time in 2019. History On 27 J ...

. The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport he drove utilized the Space Drive System, developed by Schaeffler Paravan. He had previously tested the system in early 2020. Vettel made his open-wheel debut in the

BOSS GP The BOSS GP Racing Series is a motor racing series in Europe. The category originated in 1995 as the BOSS Formula series and evolved into the EuroBOSS Series. BOSS is an acronym that stands for Big Open Single Seaters. History The BOSS serie ...

series at the

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driving a

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for Top Speed. He took third place in the Formula Class in both races.

Personal life

Fabian is the younger brother of Formula One Drivers' Champion

Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Vettel won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won consecutively from to with Red Bull, and rema ...

. He also has two older sisters. Fabian Vettel grew up in

Heppenheim Heppenheim (Bergstraße) () is the seat of Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, lying on the Bergstraße on the edge of the Odenwald. It is best known for being the birthplace of Sebastian Vettel, a four-time Formula One World Champion and ...

. He moved to

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

for his real estate studies.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete BOSS GP Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vettel, Fabian Living people 1998 births German racing drivers Racing drivers from Hesse People from Bergstraße (district) Audi Sport TT Cup drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers