Sebastian Vettel today created history on Sunday by becomingthe youngest ever triple champion in Formula One after finishing sixth at thechaotic season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, which was won by McLaren's JensonButton under challenging slippery conditions.
It was a hat-trick of titles for the 25-year-old German, whohad come into the last race of the season with a 13-point over Ferrari'sFernando Alonso and pipped his closest rival by just three points.
Red Bull's Vettel had 281 points after the 20th and finalround while Alonso, who drove splendidly to finish second at the race had 278.
Vettel overcame a horrendous start, where he endured a lap 1accident which pushed him to back of the grid, to finish a superb sixth andbecome only third driver in F1 history to win three consecutive drivers titles.
Vettel erased record of legendary Brazilian driver AyrtonSenna, who had become the youngest triple champion at the age of 31 years and227 days. Senna had died in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in1994.
Senna won the drivers' championship in 1988, 1990, 1991.
Vettel had a very strong second half with four straight wins-- Singapore, Japan, Korea and India.
Alonso needed a miracle of sorts to pip Vettel to the titleand it almost happened but for a great drive by Vettel he had to content withrunners-up finish.
Ferrari had a fantastic season-end with both the drivers onthe podium as Felipe Massa was third, followed by Mark Webber ahead of SaharaForce India's Nico Hulkenberg.
It was an unfortunate last race for Lewis Hamilton withMcLaren as he crashed out after leading the race, following a contact with NicoHulkenberg in lap 49.
The race also marked the second retirement for seven-timeworld champion Michael Schumacher, who finished seventh after qualifying in14th place.
The 43-year-old German had joined Mercedes in 2010, havingfirst retired in 2006 with Ferrari.
His second stint has not been quite successful as he failedto win a single race in three seasons in deep contrast to his record 91-racevictories in the first stint, which began in 1991.
Behind Schumacher was Jean-Eric Vergne, Kamui Kobayashi andKimi Raikkonen, who finished third in drivers standing with 207 points.
