Sebastian Vettel (DE) has washed it: At the Abu Dhabi M Prix the 23-year-old secured the drivers' championship in the FIA Formula ane World Title in a blast-biting season finale to get not only the sport's youngest-always world champion, only too the first Formula BMW graduate to win world motorsport'due south premier title.

BMW Motorsport Manager Mario Theissen says: "Our heartiest congratulations go to Sebastian Vettel upon his Formula 1 World Championship. Sebastian'south enormous talent was evident in 2004, when he won the German Formula BMW Title after scoring 18 victories in twenty starts. From then onwards we kept our centre on him, bringing him into Formula ane as Friday driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Upon his Formula i racing debut in 2007 in Indianapolis he became the youngest-ever driver to score a point. That race marked the beginning of a stellar career, which has now reached its initial peak with a kickoff world title. We wish Sebastian all the best for his future career. He provides the best proof of the success of our Formula BMW young driver development concept, which will continue in 2011 nether the Formula BMW Talent Loving cup banner."

BMW Motorsport Sebastian Vettel Mario Theissen 655x436 In 2003 and 2004 Vettel raced in the High german Formula BMW Championship, making his mark on this young driver development series like no other commuter. In his first season equally a single seater race driver he historic 5 victories and ended runner-upwards in the title. The following year saw Vettel totally dominate the championship: he won 18 of 20 rounds, took fourteen pole positions and gear up xiii fastest laps on his way to an emphatic championship. He remains the most successful Formula BMW commuter of all time.

Afterwards promotion to the Formula 3 Euro Series he finished the 2005 season equally best rookie, having completed his first Formula 1 test for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team on 27th September 2005. He participated in the 2006 Turkish Thousand Prix equally Friday driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Squad, going on to make his Formula 1 racing debut every bit substitute for Robert Kubica (PL) on 17th June 2007, immediately scoring a point by finishing 8th in a BMW Sauber F1.07. During that flavour BMW allowed Vettel the opportunity of joining Scuderia Toro Rosso, for whom he took a sensational victory from pole in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. He has driven for Crimson Bull Racing since 2009, adding nine further race wins to his tally.

Vettel maintains shut links with Formula BMW. Amidst other activities, Formula one's newest champion volition attend the Formula BMW Talent Cup Shoot-Out in Cartagena (ES), where young drivers will evidence their talent on 22nd and 23rd November, competing for free-of-charge participation in the new evolution plan promoted by BMW Motorsport.

In addition to Vettel, a further vi Formula BMW graduates raced in Formula 1 during 2010: Sébastien Buemi (CH), Timo Glock (DE), Nico Hülkenberg (DE), Nico Rosberg (DE), Bruno Senna (BR) and Adrian Sutil (DE) all fabricated their debuts in single seater motorsport in this successful immature driver development series.

[Source: BMW ]