As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Carlos Sainz · Max Verstappen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.048s
Max Verstappen faster by the median gap over 21 sessions
2015
+0.048s
17
2016
+0.093s
4
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
50
—
192
242 shared
Qualifying H2H
45
—
195
240 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
7
P5
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 12
2024
P1
2025
P2
2015
P12
2016
P5
2017
P6
2018
P4
2019
P3
2020
P3
2021
P1
2022
P1
2023
P1
2026
P7
Teammate battle by season
8
11
2015
2
2
2016
Career totals
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Championships
0
4
Wins
4
71
Poles
6
48
Podiums
29
130
Fastest laps
4
37
Career points
1,263.5
3,383.5
Starts
242
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Win rate
1.7%
29.2%
Podium rate
12%
53.5%
Pole rate
2.5%
19.8%
Points / start
5.2
13.9
Avg grid
P9.3
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.7
P5.6
Finish rate
83.5%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
1,840
1,358
Overtakes / race
8.0
5.8
Places lost
1,742
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
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
17
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: 9 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2015
2022 · aged 27
First win
2016 · aged 18
2022
First pole
2019
—
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Carlos Sainz | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 2 · P3 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso 2015–2016Renault 2017Toro Rosso 2017Renault 2018McLaren 2019–2020Ferrari 2021–2024Williams 2025–2026
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).