Jochen Rindt
Austrian · 1964–1970
VS

Sebastian Vettel
German · 2007–2022
Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jochen Rindt Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
6
53
Poles
10
57
Podiums
13
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
109
3,098
Starts
61
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jochen Rindt Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
9.8%
17.7%
Podium rate
21.3%
40.7%
Pole rate
16.4%
19%
Points / start
1.8
10.3
Avg grid
P6.5
P6.3
Avg finish
P9.9
P7.1
Finish rate
42.6%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jochen Rindt 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
Jochen Rindt Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
30
20
Crash retirements
4
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
1964
Debut season
2007
1969 · aged 27
First win
2008 · aged 21
1968
First pole
2008
1970 · aged 28
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.2
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
1964 1972 1980 1988 1996 2004 2012 2020
Jochen Rindt Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jochen Rindt Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 6 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
Sebastian Vettel
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
19642022
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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).