Vettel and Lorenzo set for action in Bangkok

Vettel became the youngest man in history to win three F1 world championships in Sunday’s incident-packed Brazilian Grand Prix. Despite suffering an early spin and being sent to the back of the field, the German staged a great recovery in the rain to sixth place, enough to pip title rival Fernando Alonso by just three points.

Now fans attending next month’s Race Of Champions can sample Formula 1’s noise and spectacle from as close as it gets as Vettel shows off the mighty Red Bull Racing RB7 that powered him to the second of his  titles. ROC race organiser Fredrik Johnsson said: “Now our Bangkok audience can watch Seb’s Red Bull Racing car, hear the deafening noise from its engine and even smell the smoke from its tyres.”

Another reigning world champion who will be performing in front of the lucky crowd will be 2012 MotoGP king Jorge Lorenzo, who will parade his Yamaha bike. Fans of classic machinery will also get to see 1984 world rally champion Stig Blomqvist take the Audi S1 Group B rally car for a spin.