Championship record
1
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
11
53
Poles
13
57
Podiums
23
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
235
3,098
Starts
165
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
6.7%
17.7%
Podium rate
13.9%
40.7%
Pole rate
7.9%
19%
Points / start
1.4
10.3
Avg grid
P9.1
P6.3
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.1
Finish rate
66.7%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
1,120
2,126
Overtakes / race
7.0
7.3
Places lost
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
38
20
Crash retirements
17
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1996
Debut season
2007
1996 · aged 25
First win
2008 · aged 21
1996
First pole
2008
1997 · aged 26
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Sebastian Vettel
19962022
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).