Championship record
2
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
1
4
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Max Verstappen
Championships
2
4
Wins
14
71
Poles
6
48
Podiums
35
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
281
3,383.5
Starts
146
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Max Verstappen
Win rate
9.6%
29.2%
Podium rate
24%
53.5%
Pole rate
4.1%
19.8%
Points / start
1.9
13.9
Avg grid
P11.9
P4.9
Avg finish
P10.8
P5.6
Finish rate
66.4%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi
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
Emerson Fittipaldi
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
39
14
Crash retirements
5
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
1970
Debut season
2015
1970 · aged 23
First win
2016 · aged 18
1972
First pole
2019
1972 · aged 25
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Max Verstappen
19702026
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).