As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.163s
Daniel Ricciardo faster by the median gap over 18 sessions
2014
−0.163s
18
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
81
—
149
230 shared
Qualifying H2H
76
—
151
227 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
8
P3
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
5 · 7
2011
P1
2012
P1
2013
P1
2014
P3
2015
P3
2016
P3
2017
P2
2018
P2
2019
P5
2020
P5
2021
P8
2022
P11
Teammate battle by season
13
6
2014
Career totals
Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
0
4
Wins
8
53
Poles
3
57
Podiums
32
122
Fastest laps
17
38
Career points
1,320
3,098
Starts
257
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
3.1%
17.7%
Podium rate
12.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
1.2%
19%
Points / start
5.1
10.3
Avg grid
P10.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P10.2
P7.1
Finish rate
85.6%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
2,321
2,126
Overtakes / race
9.1
7.3
Places lost
2,023
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
Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
24
20
Crash retirements
8
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: 5 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2007
2014 · aged 24
First win
2008 · aged 21
2016
First pole
2008
—
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.2
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Daniel Ricciardo | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 2 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 2 · P3 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
Team history
Daniel Ricciardo
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
Sebastian Vettel
20072024
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).