Vettel clinches second F1 championship in Japan
2011 Japanese Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Suzuka, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has won the F1 drivers championship for the second year in a row.
Third place in the Japanese Grand Prix confirmed Vettel as the champion with four races to spare.
Vettel’s achievement, at the age of 24 years and 98 days, makes him the youngest driver to win two world championships.
He is the first driver to win back-to-back championships since Fernando Alonso in 2006.
See the current points standings in full here:
F1 world champions by country
Vettel’s win means more championships have now been won from drivers from Germany than any other nation besides Great Britain.
Whereas ten different British drivers have claimed the crown the nine championships won by German drivers belong to Vettel and Michael Schumacher – and all were won in the last 17 years.
| Country | No. | Drivers/s | |
| 1 | Britain | 14 | Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill (2), Jim Clark (2), John Surtees, Jackie Stewart (3), James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button |
| 2 | Germany | 9 | Michael Schumacher (7), Sebastian Vettel (2) |
| 3 | Brazil | 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi (2), Nelson Piquet (3), Ayrton Senna (3) |
| 4 | Argentina | 5 | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 5 | Australia | 4 | Jack Brabham (3), Alan Jones |
| 5 | Austria | 4 | Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda (3) |
| 5 | France | 4 | Alain Prost |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen (2), Kimi Räikkönen |
| 9 | Italy | 3 | Giuseppi Farina, Alberto Ascari (2) |
| 10 | United States | 2 | Phil Hill, Mario Andretti |
| 10 | Spain | 2 | Fernando Alonso |
| 12 | New Zealand | 1 | Denny Hulme |
| 12 | South Africa | 1 | Jody Scheckter |
| 12 | Canada | 1 | Jacques Villeneuve |
2011 Japanese Grand Prix
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- Mercedes: Schumacher closes on Rosberg’s tally
- Renault: Petrov makes progress, Senna slips back
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OmarR-Pepper (@omarr-pepper) said on 10th October 2011, 16:34
Finally done!!! Excellent and I hope to see him with that “number one finger” for many years