Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
12
71
Poles
6
48
Podiums
24
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
206
3,383.5
Starts
117
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
Win rate
10.3%
29.2%
Podium rate
20.5%
53.5%
Pole rate
5.1%
19.8%
Points / start
1.8
13.9
Avg grid
P11.5
P4.9
Avg finish
P11.4
P5.6
Finish rate
59%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
0
1,358
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.8
Places lost
0
1,135
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
31
14
Crash retirements
14
15
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
2015
1977 · aged 30
First win
2016 · aged 18
1979
First pole
2019
1980 · aged 33
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Alan Jones
Max Verstappen
19752026
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).