Sebastian Vettel

German · 2007–2022
VS

Jim Clark

British · 1960–1968
Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debut season
1960
2008 · aged 21
Primera victoria
1962 · aged 26
2008
Primera pole
1962
2010 · aged 23
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.7
Avg places gained
-3.5
Career totals
Sebastian Vettel Jim Clark
Championships
4
2
Victorias
53
25
Poles
57
33
Podios
122
32
Fastest vueltas
38
0
Puntos totales
3,098
274
Salidas
300
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sebastian Vettel Jim Clark
Porcentaje de victorias
17.7%
34.7%
Porcentaje de podios
40.7%
44.4%
Pole rate
19%
45.8%
Puntos / start
10.3
3.8
Avg grid
P6.3
P3.6
Avg finish
P7.1
P7.1
Porcentaje de llegadas
88%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
2
3
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Temporada points trajectory
1960 1968 1976 1984 1992 2000 2008 2016
Sebastian Vettel Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuito Sebastian Vettel Jim Clark
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 6 · P1 4 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuito 2 · 5 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 6 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuito Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P13 4 · 6 · P1
Circuito de Monaco 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Team history
Sebastian Vettel
BMW Sauber 2007Toro Rosso 2007–2008Red Bull 2009–2014Ferrari 2015–2020Aston Martin 2021–2022
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19602022
Sebastian Vettel → Jim Clark → Compare others
Basis

Head-to-head counts carreras where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Compañero section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).