Vettel's Formula 1 success in numbers
After clinching his fourth consecutive title, Sebastian Vettel continued his relentless march towards Formula 1 glory. MICHELE MERLINO compiled all the stats to put Vettel's success in perspective
Sebastian Vettel started breaking Formula 1 records as soon as he arrived in the sport, immediately becoming the world championship's youngest-ever points scorer when he made his debut as Robert Kubica's BMW stand-in at the 2007 United States Grand Prix.
Six years on, he has taken control of F1, clinching a fourth consecutive world championship with a dominant Indian Grand Prix victory, his 10th triumph of the 2013 campaign.
To mark that success, AUTOSPORT's statistics partner FORIX has compiled the ultimate list of Vettel numbers, showing where he ranks in every major F1 record at this stage in his staggering career.
Vettel Best rival
Races started 117 Barrichello 322
Races with same team 91 with Red Bull Schumacher 179 with Ferrari
Championships 4 Schumacher 7
Pole/win/FL 'hat-tricks' 7 Schumacher 22
Wins 36 Schumacher, 91
Wins in a season 11 in 2011 Schumacher, 13 in 2004
Wins with same team 35 with Red Bull Schumacher, 72 with Ferrari
Wins in same GP 4 in Japan Schumacher, 8 in France
Sequence of wins 6 (running) Schumacher and Ascari, 7
Poles 43 Schumacher 68
Poles in a season 15 in 2011 Mansell, 14 in 1992
Pole and win in same GP 25 Schumacher 40
Poles with same team 42 with Red Bull Schumacher, 58 with Ferrari
Sequence of pole positions 5 Senna, 8 in 1988-89
Podiums 59 Schumacher 155
Podiums with same team 58 with Red Bull Schumacher 116 with Ferrari
Podiums in a season 17 in 2011 Schumacher 17 in 2002
Fastest laps 21 Schumacher 77
Fastest laps in a season 6 in 2012 10 (Schu 04/Raikk 05/08)
Fastest laps with same team 21 with Red Bull Schumacher 53 with Ferrari
Front rows 61 Schumacher 116
Races in points 88 Schumacher 221
Races in points in a season 18 in 2011 Raikkonen 19 in 2012
Races in points with same team 77 with Red Bull Schumacher 145 with Ferrari
Points 1376 Alonso 1571
Points with same team 1335 with Red Bull Schumacher 1066 with Ferrari
Points in a season 392 in 2011 Alonso, 278 in 2012
Kms run 32001 Schumacher 81188
Laps run 6297 Schumacher 16825
Races led 62 Schumacher 142
Races led with same team 60 with Red Bull Schumacher 111 with Ferrari
Races led from lights to flag 10 Senna, 19
Races led in a season 17 in 2011 Schumacher 16 in 2004
Sequence of races led 13 in 2010-2011 Stewart, 17
Laps led 2257 Schumacher 5111
Laps led in a season 739 in 2011 Mansell, 694 in 1992
Kms led 11969 Schumacher 24144
Kms led with same team 11672, Red Bull Schumacher 18795, Ferrari
Kms led in a season 3794 in 2011 Schumacher 3356 in 2004
Sequence of Kms led 1111 Ascari 2075
Sequence of podiums 11 in 2010-2011 Schumacher 19 in 2001-2002
Sequence of races without
retirements for mechanical 19 in 2010-2011 Alonso 71 (running)
problems
Grand slams (pole, win, fastest 4 Jim Clark, 8
lap, all race in lead)
Pct.of wins 30.7% Fangio, 41.4%
Pct.of poles 36.7% Fangio, 50%
Pct.of podiums 50.4% Fangio, 68.6%
Pct.of races led 52.9% Fangio, 74.5%
Pct.of fastest laps 17.9% Fangio, 45.1%
Pct.of kms led in a season 65.4% in 2011 Clark, 72.05% in 1963
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