Sebastian Vettel: Who are his Parents, Norbert and Heike Vettel?

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel is the third of four children, with two older sisters and a younger brother. His parents are Norbert and Heike Vettel and they resided in Heppenheim. Norbert Vettel plies his trade as a carpenter while Heike is a housewife. Seb and his brother Fabian, are the only ones with a racing pedigree.

Interestingly, Norbert is an enthusiastic karting driver and occasional hillclimber. Suffice to say, Sebastian Vettel possibly got the racing genes from his father. Norbert and Heike often comes to watch their older son race and the parents are very supportive of his career choices.

They also attend Fabian Vettel’s races and shower plenty of support behind both brothers. However, the youngest Vettel insists that he is not targeting Formula One just yet.

The 20-year-old Heppenheim-born driver competed in the 2019 ADAC GT Masters with the Mann-Filter team HTP. Fabian and co-driver Philip Ellis, recorded a single podium finish and two top 10 finishes that season. He also finished 21st in the championship with 40 points. Meanwhile, teammates, Indy Dontje and Maxmilian Gotz took third in the championship.

What is Sebastian Vettel up to now?

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, everyone is confined to their homes. Sebastian can rejoice as he can spend some quality time with his family. To make matters even better, the 2020 season may finally resume, with Austria being the first race. Vettel Sr is a driver who appreciates his privacy and avoids all forms of social media.

He recently spoke about the current situation in Formula One. The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a double blow to the world, firstly in terms of health, and financially. In light of the latter, Vettel insisted that the big teams have a responsibility to protect the smaller teams.

“With the new regulations, the idea is to bring the field closer together so if this special situation in a way would help the sport to come closer together in order to then have better racing and a better sport, then that would be a good side effect I would say,” Vettel told Motorsport.com.