Championship record
2
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
2
4
Wins
14
53
Poles
6
57
Podiums
35
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
281
3,098
Starts
146
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
9.6%
17.7%
Podium rate
24%
40.7%
Pole rate
4.1%
19%
Points / start
1.9
10.3
Avg grid
P11.9
P6.3
Avg finish
P10.8
P7.1
Finish rate
66.4%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi
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
Emerson Fittipaldi
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
39
20
Crash retirements
5
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
1970
Debut season
2007
1970 · aged 23
First win
2008 · aged 21
1972
First pole
2008
1972 · aged 25
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Sebastian Vettel
19702022
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).