Sébastien Bourdais vs Sebastian Vettel

2008·

Sebastian Vettel edged Sébastien Bourdais 13–5 in the races and 13–5 in qualifying at Toro Rosso in 2008. Sebastian Vettel scored 35 points to 4.

Sébastien BourdaisSebastian Vettel

5Qualifying13

18 shared races

5Race day13

18 shared races

4Points35

in shared races, as awarded at the time

14Points (today’s rules)93

in shared races, rescored 25-18-15…

Wins: 0/1
Podiums: 0/1
Poles: 0/1
Retirements: 4/6
Best finish: P7/P1
Avg. grid: 13.7/11

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Sébastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Sébastien Bourdais	Sebastian Vettel	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	17/9	P7▲	Collision	2 / 0
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	18/15	Spun off	Engine	0 / 0
3	3Bahrain Grand Prix	15/19	P15	Engine	0 / 0
4	4Spanish Grand Prix	16/18	Collision	Collision	0 / 0
5	5Turkish Grand Prix	18/14	Suspension	P17▼	0 / 0
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	16/19	Collision	P5	0 / 4
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	18/19	P13	P8	0 / 1
8	8French Grand Prix	14/12	P17▼	P12▼	0 / 0
9	9British Grand Prix	13/8	P11	Collision	0 / 0
10	10German Grand Prix	15/9	P12	P8	0 / 1
11	11Hungarian Grand Prix	19/11	P18▼	Overheating	0 / 0
12	12European Grand Prix	10/6	P10	P6	0 / 3
13	13Belgian Grand Prix	9/10	P7▲	P5	2 / 4
14	14Italian Grand Prix	4/1	P18▼	P1▲	0 / 10
15	15Singapore Grand Prix	17/6	P12	P5	0 / 4
16	16Japanese Grand Prix	10/9	P10	P6	0 / 3
17	17Chinese Grand Prix	8/6	P13	P9	0 / 0
18	18Brazilian Grand Prix	9/7	P14	P4	0 / 5
	Average finish		P12.6	P7.2

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Sébastien Bourdais / Sebastian Vettel.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Sébastien Bourdais’s career Sebastian Vettel’s career Toro Rosso 2008 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.