Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber Race Watchlist

2026-03-17T20:00:42Z

Pretty much since I watched the last of the seasons Seb and Mark raced in together, I've been thinking about making this list: as much of a bite-sized view as I could manage of Seb and Mark's relationship as seen through their racing interactions. And I've finally done it.

Please don't consider this to be a comprehensive list of every encounter they've ever had on track. Rather, my hope here is that I can provide a little more context of the whole trajectory of their dynamic, including both their best-known moments and some of my favorite little details that don't get talked about enough, if at all.

So below, you'll find a list of 26 races pulled from the 120 race starts they had together. For each race, I provide their quali and race results, some context for how the race fits into the season as a whole, and a little summary on the relevance of the race for Seb/Mark. I also include my "Seb/Mark Watchlist Rating," which goes as follows:

Required Viewing: the most critical Seb/Mark lore
Worth It: good races with a lot of Seb/Mark action
For The Completionists: either the races are really boring or the Seb/Mark details are too small to be worth watching if you're only going into it for them
Don't Bother: self-explanatory. consider these races I watched so you don't have to

Once we hit 2009 when they become teammates, I also provide some overall season stats about their quali and race head-to-heads. They're bleak. Not a day goes by that Mark Webber doesn't embarrass me.

Anyway moving on—for your consideration, my Seb/Mark Race Watchlist.

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What Makes an F1 Champion

2026-03-17T18:58:11Z

I was asked on Tumblr to reflect on the lack of parity in WDCs and to discuss whether I believe this is a consistent feature of Formula 1 and how likely I believe it is to remain so. I don't feel like I can pass a proper judgement on how title fights worked prior to the earliest season I've watched (which is currently 2002). That means I'm thinking about the following WDCs and their title fights: Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, Rosberg, Verstappen, and Norris.

Because I think this is a conversation worth "showing my work," as it were, I first want to reel off the individual circumstances that I think made a difference for each of them, and then I'll talk about the implications for what I think we might see in the future.
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not bad for a #2 driver

Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber Race Watchlist

What Makes an F1 Champion