Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mario Andretti
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
12
53
Poles
18
57
Podiums
19
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
180
3,098
Starts
128
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mario Andretti
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
9.4%
17.7%
Podium rate
14.8%
40.7%
Pole rate
14.1%
19%
Points / start
1.4
10.3
Avg grid
P8.6
P6.3
Avg finish
P12.5
P7.1
Finish rate
49.2%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mario Andretti
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
Mario Andretti
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
49
20
Crash retirements
16
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
1968
Debut season
2007
1971 · aged 31
First win
2008 · aged 21
1968
First pole
2008
1978 · aged 38
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.9
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Mario Andretti
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mario Andretti | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
Team history
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
Sebastian Vettel
19682022
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).