The defending Formula One World Champion heading into the 2012 season is Sebastien Vettel of the Red Bull Racingchassis.
Fernando Alonso
The current F1 champion (2010) is Sebastien Vettel. He is almost certainly going to be the 2011 champion aswell.
Britain's Jensen Button Was the F1 World Champion for 2009, leading from start to finish.
Niki is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times
Fernando Alonso is the first and the only Spanish Formula 1 driver to win the F1 world racing championships. He is a double world champion and won the title consecutively in the years 2005 and 2006 during which he had a great rivalry with the all time great of F1 Michael Schumacher.
Current F1 World Champion.
2006 was his final year in F1.
The current F1 world champion is Sebastian Vettel from Germany. He is the youngest ever world champion.
Nico Rosberg. A fellow German and also the son of Finish driver and World Champion, Keke.
Yes, the triple World Champion died during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix after he lost control of his Williams and died on impact after making contact with a barrier. He is the last driver to die in F1.
Andy smith
Sebastian vettel for Red Bull