Championship record
3
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
3
6
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
3
4
Wins
41
53
Poles
65
57
Podiums
80
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
614
3,098
Starts
161
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
25.5%
17.7%
Podium rate
49.7%
40.7%
Pole rate
40.4%
19%
Points / start
3.8
10.3
Avg grid
P3.1
P6.3
Avg finish
P8.1
P7.1
Finish rate
68.9%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna
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
Ayrton Senna
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
30
20
Crash retirements
20
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
2007
1985 · aged 25
First win
2008 · aged 21
1985
First pole
2008
1988 · aged 28
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 3 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Sebastian Vettel
19842022
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).