Race H2H
50
—
130
180 shared
Qualifying H2H
40
—
140
180 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 9
2007
P14
2008
P8
2009
P1
2010
P1
2011
P1
2012
P1
2013
P1
2014
P5
2015
P3
2016
P4
Career totals
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
15
53
Poles
8
57
Podiums
50
122
Fastest laps
8
38
Career points
1,235
3,098
Starts
309
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
4.9%
17.7%
Podium rate
16.2%
40.7%
Pole rate
2.6%
19%
Points / start
4.0
10.3
Avg grid
P10.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P9.7
P7.1
Finish rate
79.6%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
2,746
2,126
Overtakes / race
9.2
7.3
Places lost
2,334
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
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
37
20
Crash retirements
22
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: 4 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2007
2006 · aged 26
First win
2008 · aged 21
2004
First pole
2008
2009 · aged 29
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
Jenson Button
Sebastian Vettel
20002022
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).