Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Vettel ya zama direban BMW Sauber na uku a Gasar Grand Prix ta Turkiyya ta 2006, lokacin da tsohon dan wasan Robert Kubica ya maye gurbin Jacques Villeneuve a matsayin direban na biyu a Gasar Grand Prix ta Hungary ta 2006. A farkon gwajin sa, Vettel ya kafa mafi saurin lokaci a ranar Juma'a ta biyu kyauta. Vettel ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta na Formula One a lokacin da ya shiga cikin Grand Prix karshen mako a shekaru 19 da kwanaki 53. Ya kuma kafa tarihi don karɓar tarar farko a cikin dakika tara a cikin aikinsa, kamar yadda Vettel ya wuce iyakar gudun pitlane a kan hanyar zuwa waƙa. A lokacin gwajinsa na biyu a gasar Grand Prix ta Italiya ta 2006
, ya kafa mafi saurin lokaci a duka zaman horo na Jumma'a.