Kimi Räikkönen
Finnish · 2001–2021
VS

Sebastian Vettel
German · 2007–2022
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
23
58
Qualifyingahead
26
54
Kimi Räikkönen · Sebastian Vettel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.202s
Sebastian Vettel faster by the median gap over 80 sessions
2015 +0.340s 19
2016 −0.005s 21
2017 +0.239s 19
2018 +0.196s 21
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
86 — 152
238 shared
Qualifying H2H
76 — 156
232 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
3
6
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 11
2007 P1 2008 P3 2009 P2 2012 P1 2013 P1 2014 P5 2015 P3 2016 P4 2017 P2 2018 P2 2019 P5 2020 P13 2021 P12
Teammate battle by season
4
15
2015
7
14
2016
3
17
2017
9
12
2018
Career totals
Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
21
53
Poles
18
57
Podiums
103
122
Fastest laps
42
38
Career points
1,873
3,098
Starts
352
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
6%
17.7%
Podium rate
29.3%
40.7%
Pole rate
5.1%
19%
Points / start
5.3
10.3
Avg grid
P7.6
P6.3
Avg finish
P8.5
P7.1
Finish rate
81.2%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
2,703
2,126
Overtakes / race
8.0
7.3
Places lost
2,441
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
Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
45
20
Crash retirements
21
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
2001
Debut season
2007
2003 · aged 23
First win
2008 · aged 21
2003
First pole
2008
2007 · aged 28
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022
Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 5 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 4 · 5 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 3 · 7 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 4 · 8 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P3 5 · 8 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 8 · P2 4 · 5 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 7 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 3 · 7 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 9 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 7 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 4 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 5 · P1 1 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Korean International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 3 · P1
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 3 · 3 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 6 · P1 1 · 6 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Istanbul Park 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Baku City Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Fuji Speedway 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P10
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P10
Team history
Kimi Räikkönen
MCL
FER
FER
ALF
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
Sebastian Vettel
RED
FER
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
20012022
Kimi Räikkönen → 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).