As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
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
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
Valtteri Bottas
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).