Daniel Ricciardo

Australian · 2011–2024
VS

Max Verstappen

Dutch · 2015–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
24
34
Qualifyingahead
24
32
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.047s
Max Verstappen faster by the median gap over 57 sessions
2016 −0.213s 17
2017 +0.040s 20
2018 +0.174s 20
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
54 134
188 shared
Qualifying H2H
48 138
186 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
7
P3
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 7
2024 P1 2015 P8 2016 P3 2017 P5 2018 P4 2019 P3 2020 P3 2021 P1 2022 P1 2023 P1
Teammate battle by season
10
7
2016
9
11
2017
5
16
2018
Career totals
Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Championships
0
4
Wins
8
71
Poles
3
48
Podiums
32
130
Fastest laps
17
37
Career points
1,320
3,383.5
Starts
257
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Win rate
3.1%
29.2%
Podium rate
12.5%
53.5%
Pole rate
1.2%
19.8%
Points / start
5.1
13.9
Avg grid
P10.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P10.2
P5.6
Finish rate
85.6%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Overtakes
2,321
1,358
Overtakes / race
9.1
5.8
Places lost
2,023
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
Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
24
14
Crash retirements
8
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: 5 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2015
2014 · aged 24
First win
2016 · aged 18
2016
First pole
2019
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.2
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 5 · 9 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 7 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P3 5 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 2 · P3 4 · 8 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 2 · P3 4 · 7 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 4 · 7 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 3 · 6 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P3 4 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 4 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P4 3 · 7 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P11 3 · 5 · P1
Baku City Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 3 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 5 · P1
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 5 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 3 · P1
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · P13 2 · 3 · P1
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 2 · 2 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 3 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 4 · P2
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Daniel Ricciardo
TOR
RED
REN
MCL
HRT 2011Toro Rosso 2012–2013Red Bull 2014–2018Renault 2019–2020McLaren 2021–2022AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024
Max Verstappen
RED
Toro Rosso 2015Red Bull 2016Toro Rosso 2016Red Bull 2017–2026
20112026
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).