Keke Rosberg
Finnish · 1978–1986
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
Keke Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
5
53
Poles
5
57
Podiums
17
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
159.5
3,098
Starts
114
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Keke Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
4.4%
17.7%
Podium rate
14.9%
40.7%
Pole rate
4.4%
19%
Points / start
1.4
10.3
Avg grid
P10.1
P6.3
Avg finish
P11.8
P7.1
Finish rate
53.5%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Keke Rosberg 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
Keke Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
41
20
Crash retirements
9
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
2007
1982 · aged 33
First win
2008 · aged 21
1982
First pole
2008
1982 · aged 33
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.6
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020
Keke Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Keke Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 6 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 3 · 5 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 2 · 7 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 6 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Team history
Keke Rosberg
ATS 1978Wolf 1978Theodore 1978Wolf 1979Fittipaldi 1980–1981Williams 1982–1985McLaren 1986
Sebastian Vettel
RED
FER
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
19782022
Keke Rosberg → 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).