Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
12
53
Poles
6
57
Podiums
24
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
206
3,098
Starts
117
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
10.3%
17.7%
Podium rate
20.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
5.1%
19%
Points / start
1.8
10.3
Avg grid
P11.5
P6.3
Avg finish
P11.4
P7.1
Finish rate
59%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alan Jones
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
Alan Jones
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
31
20
Crash retirements
14
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
2007
1977 · aged 30
First win
2008 · aged 21
1979
First pole
2008
1980 · aged 33
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
Alan Jones
Sebastian Vettel
19752022
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).