It has been an unbelievable year for him but beating Schumachers records will depend more on whether Red Bull can produce a dominant car for 5 successive seasons like Ferrari did (200-2004). I think Vettel will have more competition than Schumacher had which will make sustained domination more difficult. Alonso, Hamilton (2007-2010), Kubica and Raikkonen are a step ahead of Hakkinen, Villeneuve, Hill and Coulthard.