Championship record
1
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
22
53
Poles
20
57
Podiums
42
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
360
3,098
Starts
116
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
19%
17.7%
Podium rate
36.2%
40.7%
Pole rate
17.2%
19%
Points / start
3.1
10.3
Avg grid
P6.1
P6.3
Avg finish
P8.9
P7.1
Finish rate
68.1%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
342
2,126
Overtakes / race
5.6
7.3
Places lost
287
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
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
18
20
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2007
1993 · aged 32
First win
2008 · aged 21
1993
First pole
2008
1996 · aged 36
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
19922022
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).