Championship record
4
World titles
4
3
Runner-up
4
8
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
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.
On-track overtaking
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
Overtakes
2,126
0
Overtakes / race
7.3
0.0
Places lost
1,897
0
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
Sebastian Vettel
Alain Prost
Mechanical retirements
20
34
Crash retirements
15
17
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 · 2
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
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 | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| VET 2 · 5 · P1 5 · 6 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| VET 2 · 7 · P1 4 · 6 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| VET 3 · 6 · P1 3 · 5 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| VET 3 · 6 · P1 2 · 7 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| VET 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 0 · P5 4 · 8 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| VET 3 · 5 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| VET 2 · 6 · P1 1 · 5 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 0 · P8 3 · 6 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 3 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Hungaroring | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| VET 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 Alain Prost | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 5 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| VET 1 · 5 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 3 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| VET 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 0 · P13 2 · 3 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P12 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| VET 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 2 · P1 Alain Prost | ||
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).