Nigel Mansell
British · 1980–1995
VS

Sebastian Vettel
German · 2007–2022
Championship record
1
World titles
4
3
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Nigel Mansell Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
31
53
Poles
32
57
Podiums
59
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
482
3,098
Starts
190
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nigel Mansell Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
16.3%
17.7%
Podium rate
31.1%
40.7%
Pole rate
16.8%
19%
Points / start
2.5
10.3
Avg grid
P6.4
P6.3
Avg finish
P11.1
P7.1
Finish rate
54.7%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nigel Mansell 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
Nigel Mansell Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
54
20
Crash retirements
25
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: 7 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
2007
1985 · aged 32
First win
2008 · aged 21
1984
First pole
2008
1992 · aged 39
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.5
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022
Nigel Mansell Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Nigel Mansell Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 3 · 5 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 4 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 4 · 8 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 4 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 7 · P1
Hockenheimring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Team history
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
Sebastian Vettel
RED
FER
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
19802022
Nigel Mansell → 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).