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[weltmeister1995]

Without being biased I compared all the records that they are available to be compared on.

Vettel - 49
Alonso - 14

Total starts - Alonso (204)
Youngest drivers to start a race - Alonso (19 years, 218 days)
Youngest driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting - Vettel (19 years, 54 days)
Total wins - Alonso (32)
Percentage wins - Vettel (26.85%)
Most wins in a season - Vettel (11)
Highest percentage of wins in a season - Vettel (58%)
Most consecutive wins from first race of season - Vettel (2011)
Youngest winners - Vettel (21 years, 73 days)
Wins from farthest back on the start grid - Alonso (Singapore 2008)
Total pole positions - Vettel (39)
Percentage pole positions - Vettel (36.11)
Most consecutive pole positions - Vettel (5)
Most pole positions in a season - Vettel (2011/2010)
Highest percentage of pole positions in a season - Vettel (79%)
Youngest polesitters - Vettel (21 years, 72 days)
Youngest drivers to set the fastest lap time in an official Grand Prix session - Vettel (9 years, 53 days)
Total starts from front row - Vettel (53)
Percentage starts from front row - Vettel (49.07%)
Most consecutive starts from front row - Vettel (14)
Most starts from front row in a season - Vettel (18)
Youngest drivers to start from front row - Vettel (21 years, 72 days)
Youngest drivers to set fastest lap - Alonso (21 years, 321 days)
Total podium finishes - Alonso (90)
Most podium finishes in a season - Vettel (17)
Most consecutive podium finishes - Alonso (15)
Most consecutive podium finishes from first race of season - Alonso (9)
Youngest drivers to score a podium finish - Vettel (21 years, 73 days)
Career points - Alonso (1460)
Total races finished in the points - Alonso (149)
Most consecutive points finishes - Alonso (23)
Highest average points per race entered - Vettel (10.98)
Highest percentage of races finished in the points - Vettel (74.1)
Most championship points in a season - Vettel (392)
Highest percentage of total possible points in a season - Vettel (392)
Youngest drivers to score points - Vettel (19 years, 349 days )
Lead Entire race, total - Vettel (7)
Lead For at least one lap, total - Alonso (81)
Lead For at least one lap, youngest leader - Vettel (20 years, 89 days)
Most laps led, total - Vettel (1,906)
Longest distance led, total - Vettel - (10003km)
Most consecutive laps in the lead - Vettel (205)
Pole & win in same race - Vettel (21)
Most wins from pole position in a season - Vettel (8)
Pole, led entire race & scored fastest lap - Vettel (2)
Youngest Pole and win - Vettel (21 years, 73 days)
Youngest Pole, win and fastest lap - Vettel (21 years, 353 days)
Youngest Pole, win, fastest lap, and led every lap - Vettel (24 years, 119 days)
Total championships - Vettel (3)
Youngest world drivers championship winners - Vettel (23 years, 134 days)
Most world championship seasons as runner up - Alonso (2)
World Champion having been championship leader for most races in the season - Vettel (19)
World Champion having not been championship leader during the season - Vettel
Most points between first and second in the World Championship - Vettel
Fewest points between first and third in the World Championship - Alonso (2007)
Youngest double World Champion - Vettel
Youngest triple World Champion - Vettel
Youngest Grand Prix winner for 2 different teams - Vettel
Youngest Grand Prix winner at the same Grand Prix on 2 occasions - Vettel
Most consecutive top two results, in both qualifying and race - Vettel (11)
Most consecutive top two results, in both qualifying and race, from the start of the season - Vettel (9)
Most laps led in a season - Vettel (739)
Shortest time elapsed before earning a penalty - Vettel (2006 Turkish Grand Prix)

Cheers!

[icewest07]

"Well it's just the car" they say...

Vettel is trully impressive
And probably the best and most consistent in the current field. Give credit where it's due.

[HPT]

Vettel is definitely impressive. But he also had the car to do it. That cannot be denied. From midway 2009 till now he had either the outright quickest, joint quickest of the 2nd quickest car. A driver of his caliber could do - and did - a lot with it. Look at the stats Alonso achieved in 2005 and 2006 (joint quickest if we take both seasons' average). They were no less impressive.

[Moore]

Ye... No.

[Barabas]

Thanks, very impressive records by both drivers

[Collombin]

Are either of them actually the outright holders of any of those records apart from the ones about being youngest? (Oh and Vettel's quirky ones about being championship leader for most races in a season and fewest races, which aren't really "records" worth noting).

Not sure what it's meant to tell us really - they're at completely different stages of their careers.

[bonjon1979a]

I think Alonso's win from furthest back on the grid probably needs a caveat added...

[prty]

Without being biased I compared all the records that they are available to be compared on.

Vettel - 49
Alonso - 14

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Cheers!

I think we all can read numbers. But the point of this thread is?

[Collombin]

Youngest drivers to set the fastest lap time in an official Grand Prix session - Vettel (9 years, 53 days)

Credit where it's due though - THIS one is impressive.

[SophieB]

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