A Wish in the Vettel..

The 2012 Formula One season, at its onset, promised to be one of the most enthralling and gripping competitions in world sport as it saw not one, not two, but six World Champions compete at the greatest stage for a racing driver - The Formula One Grand Prix Circuit.

And without any surprises, F1 yet again did not fail to deliver in its mission to mesmerise the fans. With the likes of the seven-time World Champion, Michael Schumacher, double World Champions, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, and previous World Champions Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button competing with each other, the 2012 Formula One season was indeed a spectacular phenomenon. 

The fact that six different World Champions started in the same season together broke a previous record of five, which was set way back in 1970.

The 2012 season started in boisterous fashion with seven different drivers bagging the first seven races of the championship and thereby leaving no particular favorite to win the title.

However, at the European Grand Prix, Ferrari's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso won his second race and seemed fully confident to dent defending champion Sebastian Vettel's chances of winning his third consecutive World Championship.

However, Vettel never let his chances of winning the title look bleak and raced to a flawless Asian Tour. The German stalwart took four races in a row, with him bagging the Singapore Grand Prix, the Japanese Grand Prix, the Korean Grand Prix and the Indian Grand Prix in outstanding fashion.

The pinnacle of Vettel's driving charisma was evident at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when the Red Bull driver started 24th from the pits, after experiencing a miserable qualifying session, and eventually ended up third on the podium thereby keeping himself well within the title contention with Spanish compatriot Alonso.

With the penultimate race of the season, the inaugural United Stated Grand Prix, taken by Mclaren's English driver Lewis Hamilton, Vettel entered the last race of the 2012 season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, leading by only thirteen points. 

All Alonso needed was a podium finish to ensure his third World Championship, but when the smoke was clear it was Vettel who finished sixth in a controversy marred race and scored enough points to guarantee him his third consecutive Driver's World Championship.

By topping a season of legendary proportions, Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple World Champion in Formula One History by a mere three points and only the third driver after Argentine great Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher to win three World Titles.