Jody Scheckter
South African · 1972–1980
VS

Sebastian Vettel
German · 2007–2022
Championship record
1
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jody Scheckter Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
10
53
Poles
3
57
Podiums
33
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
255
3,098
Starts
112
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jody Scheckter Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
8.9%
17.7%
Podium rate
29.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
2.7%
19%
Points / start
2.3
10.3
Avg grid
P8.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P9.1
P7.1
Finish rate
68.7%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jody Scheckter 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
Jody Scheckter Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
21
20
Crash retirements
13
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
1972
Debut season
2007
1974 · aged 24
First win
2008 · aged 21
1976
First pole
2008
1979 · aged 29
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
1972 1979 1986 1993 2000 2007 2014 2021
Jody Scheckter Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jody Scheckter Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P5 3 · 5 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 6 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P8
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Jody Scheckter
McLaren 1972–1973Tyrrell 1974–1976Wolf 1977–1978Ferrari 1979–1980
Sebastian Vettel
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
19722022
Jody Scheckter → Sebastian Vettel → Compare others
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).