Championship record
3
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna
Max Verstappen
Championships
3
4
Wins
41
71
Poles
65
48
Podiums
80
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
614
3,383.5
Starts
161
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna
Max Verstappen
Win rate
25.5%
29.2%
Podium rate
49.7%
53.5%
Pole rate
40.4%
19.8%
Points / start
3.8
13.9
Avg grid
P3.1
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.1
P5.6
Finish rate
68.9%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Ayrton Senna
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
Ayrton Senna
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
30
14
Crash retirements
20
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: 0 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
2015
1985 · aged 25
First win
2016 · aged 18
1985
First pole
2019
1988 · aged 28
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Ayrton Senna
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ayrton Senna | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 6 · 8 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 5 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 3 · 7 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Ayrton Senna
Max Verstappen
19842026
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).