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From the F1 scrapheap to WEC glory

Three years after losing his Formula 1 drive with Toro Rosso, Sebastien Buemi is a world champion. ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN finds out how he turned his career around

Sebastien Buemi is very clear on one thing; becoming a world champion in sportscar racing doesn't instantly clear his disappointment in the manner in which his Formula 1 career came to an end.

Buemi's story isn't one of redemption, or revenge, or getting even with the motorsport gods. Instead it's a story about picking yourself up after a life-changing setback, re-focusing, re-aligning your goals, and then going out and getting the job done.

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Author Andrew van Leeuwen

Andrew van Leeuwen is Motorsport.com's Australian Editor and provides award-winning coverage of Supercars. He started his career working for Australasian Motorsport News in Melbourne, working his way into the top digital editor role before relocating to Mainz, Germany, in 2012. During his three-year stint in Europe he covered a number of series, including the DTM, while working for Autosport, before returning to Australia as part of Motorsport.com's global expansion in early 2015. Alongside his Motorsport.com commitments Andrew is one-third of the successful Below the Bonnet podcast. He lives in Perth with his wife Anne, kids Nico and Billie and chihuahua Coco.