Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest back-to-back world champion on Sunday when he finished third in the Japanese Grand Prix behind Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.
Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates driver's world championship victory on the podium during the awarding ceremony of the Formula One's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on October 9, 2011. Vettel, 24, became Formula One's youngest back-to-back world champion when he finished third in the Japanese Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver, 24, who needed just one point to clinch the title, joins Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher as one of only nine drivers to successfully defend the title.
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