Milestones & racecraft
2007
Debutto season
1960
2008 · aged 21
Prima vittoria
1962 · aged 26
2008
Prima 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
Vittorie
53
25
Pole
57
33
Podi
122
32
Fastest giri
38
0
Punti in carriera
3,098
274
Partenze
300
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sebastian Vettel
Jim Clark
Percentuale vittorie
17.7%
34.7%
Percentuale podi
40.7%
44.4%
Pole rate
19%
45.8%
Punti / start
10.3
3.8
Avg grid
P6.3
P3.6
Avg finish
P7.1
P7.1
Percentuale di arrivi
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
Stagione points trajectory
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
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19602022
Basis
Head-to-head counts gare where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Compagno di squadra section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).