Sébastien Bourdais

French · 2008–2009
VS

Sébastien Buemi

Swiss · 2009–2011
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
6
Qualifyingahead
2
7
Sébastien Bourdais · Sébastien Buemi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.406s
Sébastien Buemi faster by the median gap over 9 sessions
2009 +0.406s 9
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
3 6
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 7
9 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P17
Best championship
P15
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
2009 P16
Teammate battle by season
3
6
2009
Career totals
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
6
29
Starts
27
55
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.2
0.5
Avg grid
P14.8
P14.5
Avg finish
P14.1
P14.3
Finish rate
74.1%
72.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
Overtakes
201
518
Overtakes / race
8.0
10.0
Places lost
162
417
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
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
Mechanical retirements
2
8
Crash retirements
5
7
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
2008
Debut season
2009
First win
First pole
First title
P7
Best finish
P7
+0.7
Avg places gained
+0.2
Season points trajectory
2008 2009 2010 2011
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Buemi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
BOU 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7 BUE
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P8
BOU 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P8 BUE
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P10
BOU 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P10 BUE
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P14
BOU 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P14 BUE
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P12
BOU 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P12 BUE
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11
BOU 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P11 BUE
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P9
BOU 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P9 BUE
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12
BOU 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12 BUE
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P8
BOU 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P8 BUE
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P10
BOU 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P10 BUE
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P12
BOU 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P12 BUE
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P7
BOU 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P7 BUE
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P16
BOU 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P16 BUE
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9
BOU 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9 BUE
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
BOU 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 BUE
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P15
BOU 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P15 BUE
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · —
BOU 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · — BUE
Team history
Sébastien Bourdais
TOR
Toro Rosso 2008–2009
Sébastien Buemi
TOR
Toro Rosso 2009–2011
20082011
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).