As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Charles Leclerc · Sebastian Vettel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.215s
Charles Leclerc faster by the median gap over 37 sessions
2019
−0.074s
20
2020
−0.368s
17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
56
—
45
101 shared
Qualifying H2H
58
—
41
99 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
8
P2
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 1
2018
P2
2019
P4
2020
P8
2021
P7
2022
P2
Teammate battle by season
9
12
2019
12
5
2020
Career totals
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
0
4
Wins
9
53
Poles
27
57
Podiums
54
122
Fastest laps
11
38
Career points
1,693
3,098
Starts
183
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
4.9%
17.7%
Podium rate
29.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
14.8%
19%
Points / start
9.3
10.3
Avg grid
P6.2
P6.3
Avg finish
P7.4
P7.1
Finish rate
87.4%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
1,171
2,126
Overtakes / race
6.7
7.3
Places lost
1,192
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
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
7
20
Crash retirements
10
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: 6 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2018
Debut season
2007
2019 · aged 21
First win
2008 · aged 21
2019
First pole
2008
—
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Charles Leclerc | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P3 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
Team history
Charles Leclerc
Sebastian Vettel
20072026
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).