Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Max Verstappen

Dutch · 2015–2026
Championship record
1
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
22
71
Poles
20
48
Podiums
42
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
360
3,383.5
Starts
116
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Max Verstappen
Win rate
19%
29.2%
Podium rate
36.2%
53.5%
Pole rate
17.2%
19.8%
Points / start
3.1
13.9
Avg grid
P6.1
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.9
P5.6
Finish rate
68.1%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Max Verstappen
Overtakes
342
1,358
Overtakes / race
5.6
5.8
Places lost
287
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
Damon Hill Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
18
14
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2015
1993 · aged 32
First win
2016 · aged 18
1993
First pole
2019
1996 · aged 36
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022
Damon Hill Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Max Verstappen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 4 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 4 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 4 · 8 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 5 · 9 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 7 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 5 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Max Verstappen
RED
Toro Rosso 2015Red Bull 2016Toro Rosso 2016Red Bull 2017–2026
19922026
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).