Championship record
3
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jack Brabham
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
3
4
Wins
14
53
Poles
13
57
Podiums
31
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
261
3,098
Starts
128
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
10.9%
17.7%
Podium rate
24.2%
40.7%
Pole rate
10.2%
19%
Points / start
2.0
10.3
Avg grid
P7.4
P6.3
Avg finish
P9.2
P7.1
Finish rate
58.6%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jack Brabham
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
Jack Brabham
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
44
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1955
Debut season
2007
1959 · aged 33
First win
2008 · aged 21
1959
First pole
2008
1959 · aged 33
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Jack Brabham
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jack Brabham | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
Sebastian Vettel
19552022
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).