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Sebastian Vettel (born August 3 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver.
Career
Vettel started racing karts in 1995, winning various titles. In 2003, he upgraded to open-wheel cars, and won the 2004 German Formula BMW Championship with 18 victories from 20 races.
In 2005 he drove for ASL Mucke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euroseries. He was placed fifth in the final standings with 64 points, winning the year's top rookie honours. He did not win any races, but this was largely due to the championship's domination by Lewis Hamilton. Despite, this, he tested the Williams FW27 Formula One car on September 27 as a reward for this Formula BMW success. He has also since tested for the BMW Sauber team.
Vettel is currently second in the 2006 Euroseries standings after ten rounds, behind series leader Paul di Resta. He also made his début in the World Series by renault at Misano, winning after Pastor Maldonado was disqualified. However, at the next round at Spa-Francorchamps, his finger was almost sliced off by flying débris in an accident, and he was expected to be out of racing for several weeks. However, he managed to compete in the Ulltimate Masters of F3 at Zandvoort the following weekend, finishing in sixth place.