Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
1
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
10
53
Poles
14
57
Podiums
23
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
179
3,098
Starts
93
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
10.8%
17.7%
Podium rate
24.7%
40.7%
Pole rate
15.1%
19%
Points / start
1.9
10.3
Avg grid
P7.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P11.5
P7.1
Finish rate
52.7%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
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
James Hunt
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
25
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
1973
Debut season
2007
1975 · aged 27
First win
2008 · aged 21
1976
First pole
2008
1976 · aged 29
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
James Hunt
Sebastian Vettel
19732022
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).