During his meteoric 2011 season, double champion-elect Sebastian Vettel has quietly climbed the list of all time greats.<\/p>\n
Before the season began, the young German was 29th on the all-time winner’s list with his ten victories, alongside Gerhard Berger and James Hunt.<\/p>\n
After Sunday’s Singapore grand prix, his career tally has grown to 19 — one more than his friend Kimi Raikkonen.<\/p>\n
Also now left in 24-year-old Vettel’s wake are the famous Stirling Moss (16 wins), Lewis Hamilton (16), Jack Brabham (14), Graham Hill (14), Emerson Fittipaldi (14), David Coulthard (13), Jacques Villeneuve (11) and others.<\/p>\n
And the next to fall will be Mika Hakkinen’s tally of 20 career wins.<\/p>\n
“It’s not really my objective but it’s incredible news in a way, because obviously everyone knows drivers like Kimi and Mika,” said Vettel.<\/p>\n
After Hakkinen, he will be knocking on the door of the all-time top ten, although Michael Schumacher holds the record with an incredible tally of 91 wins.<\/p>\n
“(That) record is far, far away,” smiled Vettel.\u00a0 “A long way to go but I’m very happy at the moment.”<\/p>\n
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, with 27 wins in his pocket, has been impressed in 2011 not only by Vettel but the superiority of the Red Bull car.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know how often you will see another car in pole position 14 times out of 14,” he is quoted by La Stampa newspaper.\u00a0 “It’s incredible.<\/p>\n
“They are too strong,” Auto Motor und Sport quotes the Spaniard as saying.\u00a0 “We have to keep calm and set the course for 2012.”<\/p>\n
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