Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
1980
2008 · aged 21
First win
1981 · aged 26
2008
First pole
1981
2010 · aged 23
First title
1985 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.7
Avg places gained
-3.3
Career totals
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
Championships
4
4
Wins
53
51
Poles
57
33
Podiums
122
106
Fastest laps
38
0
Career points
3,098
798.5
Starts
300
202
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
Win rate
17.7%
25.2%
Podium rate
40.7%
52.5%
Pole rate
19%
16.3%
Points / start
10.3
4.0
Avg grid
P6.3
P4.2
Avg finish
P7.1
P7.5
Finish rate
88%
73.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
4
3
Runner-up
4
8
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Season points trajectory
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Sebastian Vettel | Alain Prost |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P12 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
Team history
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
19802022
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).