Key details:

Date of birth: 3 July1987
Place of birth: Heppenheim, Germany
Nationality: German

Key dates:

• 2010: Red Bull Racing – Formula One Driver
• 2009: Red Bull Racing – Formula One Driver

Second in FIA Drivers' Championship
Winner Chinese Grand Prix
Winner British Grand Prix
Winner Japanese Grand Prix
Winner Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Four additional podium finishes
Scored 84 points

• 2008: Scuderia Toro Rosso – Formula One Driver

Winner Italian Grand Prix (youngest ever F1 winner)
Pole position Italian Grand Prix (youngest ever F1 pole)
Scored 35 points

• 2007: BMW and Scuderia Toro Rosso – Formula One Driver

ompetes in US Grand Prix for the BMW Sauber F1 Team
Finishes eighth to score first point (youngest ever F1 point scorer)
Hungarian Grand Prix – joins Scuderia Toro Rosso

• 2006: Formula 3 Euro and Formula One Test Driver (BMW Sauber)

Second place Formula 3 Euro Series, three wins
Formula One test with BMW Sauber in Jerez
Friday test and reserve driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team from the Turkish Grand Prix onwards

• 2005: Formula 3 Euro

Fifth place Formula 3 Euro Series
Rookie Champion, 6 podium places

• 2004: Formula BMW ADAC

Winner Formula BMW ADAC Championship
18 wins from 20 races, 15 pole positions
16 fastest race laps

• 2003: Formula BMW ADAC

Second place Formula BMW ADAC Championship
Rookie Champion

• 2002: Karting

Sixth place European Championship ICA Senior

• 2001: Karting

Winner European Junior Kart Championship
Winner German Junior Kart Championship
Winner Monaco Junior Kart Cup
Winner Kart Paris-Bercy

• From 1995:

Karting