| Formula One used to be the home of older, | | | | he has been bumped up to the first team this |
| experienced drivers. These days, being 27 is | | | | year and is being touted as a dark horse in the |
| enough to get you branded as an old timer. Of | | | | overall championship by more than a few pundits |
| the really young drivers in the series, none has as | | | | and drivers. |
| much potential as Sebastian Vettel. | | | | Perhaps the most refreshing thing about |
| Sebastian Vettel was born on July 3, 1987 in | | | | Sebastian Vettel is his attitude. This is a driver |
| Heppenheimm, Germany. He has set a bevy of | | | | that is just having fun driving. He is not slick like |
| records for being the youngest driver to achieve | | | | Lewis Hamilton. He is not grumpy like Fernando |
| various things in the championship. While many | | | | Alonso. He is not vacant like Kimi Raikkonen who |
| records are of the type one tends to roll one's | | | | seems like he wants to be anywhere but racing. |
| eyes at, Vettel has set serious records including | | | | In a championship full of massive egos and divas, |
| the youngest driver ever to win pole and | | | | Vettel is a fresh breath of air. |
| youngest driver ever to win a race - both at | | | | Red Bull Racing has really raised its game in the |
| Monza in 2008. | | | | world of Formula One. That being said, it is not a |
| Perhaps the most astounding thing about | | | | manufacturer and the possibility of it being a |
| Sebastian Vettel is he has set these records while | | | | consistent championship contender is iffy at best. |
| racing for Toro Rosso. Toro Rosso is the old | | | | This has resulted in a lot of gossip about where |
| Minardi Formula One team, a team that regularly | | | | Vettel might end up. The odds on favorite seems |
| considered it a major success if they did not finish | | | | to be a team another German had a bit of |
| dead last in a race. While the team has improved | | | | success at - Ferrari. One has to wonder if Vettel |
| since those days, the idea that a Toro Rosso | | | | really would want that because the comparison to |
| driver could win a competitive race without 90 | | | | Schumacher would be endless and it is hard to |
| percent of the other cars falling out is simply | | | | imagine that Vettel could have as much success |
| staggering. | | | | under the new rules. |
| To understand Vettel's brilliance, one has to look | | | | The specifics of the future of Sebastian Vettel |
| at some basic facts. He outscored his teammate | | | | can wait till...well, the future. He's a driver to watch |
| 35 points to 4 during the championship. Despite | | | | now if you want to see a talent blooming into a |
| the fact Toro Rosso is the second team of Red | | | | force to be reckoned with. If he could win a race |
| Bull Racing and gets much less money and | | | | last year in a lowly Toro Rosso, one has to think |
| technical help, Vettel outscored both first team | | | | he could do some serious damage this year in the |
| drivers. In fact, he scored more points than both | | | | first team car. |
| of those drivers combined. It is little surprise that | | | | |