As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Sébastien Bourdais · Sebastian Vettel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.529s
Sebastian Vettel faster by the median gap over 17 sessions
2008
+0.529s
17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
8
—
19
27 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
22
27 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
3
0
Top-3 finishes
8
P17
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
2008
P8
2009
P2
Teammate battle by season
5
13
2008
Career totals
Sébastien Bourdais
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
0
4
Wins
0
53
Poles
0
57
Podiums
0
122
Fastest laps
0
38
Career points
6
3,098
Starts
27
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sébastien Bourdais
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
0%
17.7%
Podium rate
0%
40.7%
Pole rate
0%
19%
Points / start
0.2
10.3
Avg grid
P14.8
P6.3
Avg finish
P14.1
P7.1
Finish rate
74.1%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Sébastien Bourdais
Sebastian Vettel
Overtakes
201
2,126
Overtakes / race
8.0
7.3
Places lost
162
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
Sébastien Bourdais
Sebastian Vettel
Mechanical retirements
2
20
Crash retirements
5
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
2008
Debut season
2007
—
First win
2008 · aged 21
—
First pole
2008
—
First title
2010 · aged 23
P7
Best finish
P1
+0.7
Avg places gained
-0.7
Season points trajectory
Sébastien Bourdais
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Sébastien Bourdais | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P18 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P14 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P18 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P18 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P17 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
Team history
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).