Championship record
4
World titles
4
4
Runner-up
3
8
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
4
4
Wins
51
53
Poles
33
57
Podiums
106
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
798.5
3,098
Starts
202
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
25.2%
17.7%
Podium rate
52.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
16.3%
19%
Points / start
4.0
10.3
Avg grid
P4.2
P6.3
Avg finish
P7.5
P7.1
Finish rate
73.8%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
0
2,126
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.3
Places lost
0
1,897
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
34
20
Crash retirements
17
15
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 2 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
2007
1981 · aged 26
First win
2008 · aged 21
1981
First pole
2008
1985 · aged 30
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
Team history
Alain Prost
Sebastian Vettel
19802022
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).