As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Alexander Albon · Max Verstappen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.493s
Max Verstappen faster by the median gap over 25 sessions
2019
+0.561s
8
2020
+0.486s
17
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
14
—
125
139 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
131
137 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
7
P7
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 7
2024
P1
2025
P2
2019
P3
2020
P3
2022
P1
2023
P1
2026
P7
Teammate battle by season
4
5
2019
5
12
2020
Career totals
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
Championships
0
4
Wins
0
71
Poles
0
48
Podiums
2
130
Fastest laps
1
37
Career points
313
3,383.5
Starts
139
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
Win rate
0%
29.2%
Podium rate
1.4%
53.5%
Pole rate
0%
19.8%
Points / start
2.3
13.9
Avg grid
P12.3
P4.9
Avg finish
P12.1
P5.6
Finish rate
83.5%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
1,290
1,358
Overtakes / race
9.8
5.8
Places lost
1,172
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
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
3
14
Crash retirements
3
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: 17 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
2015
—
First win
2016 · aged 18
—
First pole
2019
—
First title
2021 · aged 24
P3
Best finish
P1
+0.2
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alexander Albon | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P8 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P6 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Alexander Albon
Max Verstappen
20152026
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).