Sébastien Buemi
Swiss · 2009–2011
VS

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