![]() Vettel tied Schumacher's season record of 13 race wins and closed out the year with nine consecutive victories. He became the fourth driver to win at least four titles along with Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. Vettel's 2013 season performance additionally saw him recognised by the Laureus World Sports Awards as the Sportsman of the Year, the second racing driver to be so recognised. Vettel won the championship by a record 155 points. It was one of the most dominant championship victories in the sport and the last won by a Red Bull driver until 2021 with Max Verstappen, it remains the last for a Renault-powered driver, as of 2022. In doing so he became the third driver in Formula One's sixty-four years to win four consecutive World Drivers' Championships. ![]() Sebastian Vettel successfully defended his World Championship, winning his fourth consecutive title in the fourth to last race of 2013. The 2013 season was the final year the series used the 2.4-litre V8 engine configuration which was introduced in 2006 a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engine formula came into force for 2014. The season started in Australia on 17 March 2013 and ended in Brazil on 24 November 2013. Eleven teams and twenty-three drivers contested the nineteen Grands Prix that made up the calendar for the 2013 season, with the winning driver being crowned the World Drivers' Champion and the winning team the World Constructors' Champions. It featured the 64th FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 67th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Fernando Alonso finished second in the World Drivers' Championship, 155 points behind while Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber finished 3rd in his final season in F1. Sebastian Vettel became a consecutive four-times World Champion with Red Bull Racing. ![]()
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