Sebastian Vettel
Youngest pole winner, youngest race winner and now the sport's youngest champion – for 2010 Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel the records, and the superlatives, just keep on coming.
Superlatives, though, are nothing new for the 23-year-old German. A graduate of Red Bull's young driver programme, Vettel made an immediate impression from the moment he stepped up to open-wheel racing. Competing in Formula BMW at the tender age of 15 the precociously talented youngster won five of the series' 19 races and finished second in the Championship and then, embracing the old racing adage of 'a season to learn, a season to win', Vettel utterly dominated the 2004 season, winning 18 of the 20 races and finishing on the podium in the others on his way to a convincing title win.