Phil Hill
American · 1958–1964
VS

Sebastian Vettel
German · 2007–2022
Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
1
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Phil Hill Sebastian Vettel
Championships
1
4
Wins
3
53
Poles
6
57
Podiums
16
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
98
3,098
Starts
51
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Phil Hill Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
5.9%
17.7%
Podium rate
31.4%
40.7%
Pole rate
11.8%
19%
Points / start
1.9
10.3
Avg grid
P9.0
P6.3
Avg finish
P9.1
P7.1
Finish rate
70.6%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Phil Hill 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
Phil Hill Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
11
20
Crash retirements
3
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
2007
1960 · aged 33
First win
2008 · aged 21
1960
First pole
2008
1961 · aged 34
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.9
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
1958 1966 1974 1982 1990 1998 2006 2014 2022
Phil Hill Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Phil Hill Sebastian Vettel
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 4 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 2 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P13
Team history
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
Sebastian Vettel
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
19582022
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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).