Felipe Massa

Brazilian · 2002–2017
VS

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish · 2013–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
28
31
Qualifyingahead
17
40
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.148s
Valtteri Bottas faster by the median gap over 59 sessions
2014 +0.168s 19
2015 +0.119s 19
2016 +0.153s 21
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
44 53
97 shared
Qualifying H2H
33 62
95 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P2
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 4
2013 P8 2014 P4 2015 P5 2016 P8 2017 P3
Teammate battle by season
9
10
2014
10
9
2015
9
12
2016
Career totals
Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
11
10
Poles
16
20
Podiums
41
67
Fastest laps
15
19
Career points
1,167
1,788
Starts
271
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
4.1%
3.9%
Podium rate
15.1%
26.1%
Pole rate
5.9%
7.8%
Points / start
4.3
7.0
Avg grid
P8.4
P8.5
Avg finish
P9.0
P9.3
Finish rate
86%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
2,481
1,883
Overtakes / race
9.5
7.4
Places lost
2,359
1,734
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
Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
16
11
Crash retirements
20
8
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: 2 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2002
Debut season
2013
2006 · aged 25
First win
2017 · aged 27
2006
First pole
2017
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026
Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Istanbul Park 3 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 7 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 3 · P3 0 · 4 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 5 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 4 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P16
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Korean International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P5
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
Felipe Massa
FER
WIL
Sauber 2002Sauber 2004–2005Ferrari 2006–2013Williams 2014–2017
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20022026
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).