News Details

Vettel awarded BBC Overseas prize

Sebastian Vettel has been named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year after winning his fourth successive Formula 1 World Championship. The Red Bull driver, 26, won the final race in Brazil to equal a record of nine consecutive F1 victories set by Alberto Ascari between 1952-53. He also matched Michael Schumacher's record of 13 wins in a single season. German Vettel joins legends Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Schumacher as a four-time champion. Recent Overseas Personality winners 2012: Usain Bolt - athletics 2011: Novak Djokovic - tennis 2010: Rafael Nadal - tennis 2009: Usain Bolt - athletics 2008: Usain Bolt - athletics 2007: Roger Federer - tennis 2006: Roger Federer -...
Full Story »
11y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Kubica wins Personality of the Year gong

Robert Kubica's remarkable recovery from a near fatal accident continues...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vettel preferential treatment contributed to Webber's...

Vettel preferential treatment contributed to Webber's quit decision 9...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Vettel favourite despite new rules

Mark Webber believes his former Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel will...
11y ago from BBC.co.uk

Vettel: Achievements yet to sink in

It's been more than a month since Sebastian Vettel wrapped up his fourth...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez confirms surprise split from Red Bull...

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has confirmed that he and Red Bull...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Gabriel Martinelli fails his audition as search begins...

enal do enough to beat Ipswich but are no closer to solving the problem of...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal injury boost confirmed as Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta reveals that Raheem Sterling should return from...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Ricciardo boost revealed after team statement issued on...

Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
3h ago from GPFans.com

Ferrari takes great pride in response to title blows -...

A double-DNF in Canada was central to Ferrari’s... Read More »
2h ago from Racer.com

Major Ricciardo boost revealed amid F1 RETURN talk

Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
5h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.