Championship record
5
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
3
7
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Juan Fangio
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
5
4
Wins
22
53
Poles
28
57
Podiums
31
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
260.64
3,098
Starts
51
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Juan Fangio
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
43.1%
17.7%
Podium rate
60.8%
40.7%
Pole rate
54.9%
19%
Points / start
5.1
10.3
Avg grid
P2.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P4.8
P7.1
Finish rate
76.5%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Juan Fangio
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
Juan Fangio
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
12
20
Crash retirements
0
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
1950
Debut season
2007
1950 · aged 38
First win
2008 · aged 21
1950
First pole
2008
1951 · aged 40
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Juan Fangio
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Juan Fangio | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
Team history
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).