Race H2H
33
—
169
202 shared
Qualifying H2H
24
—
177
201 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
4
3
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 10
2024
P1
2025
P2
2015
P12
2016
P5
2017
P6
2018
P4
2021
P1
2022
P1
2023
P1
2026
P7
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen
Championships
2
4
Wins
32
71
Poles
22
48
Podiums
106
130
Fastest laps
25
37
Career points
2,381
3,383.5
Starts
438
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen
Win rate
7.3%
29.2%
Podium rate
24.2%
53.5%
Pole rate
5%
19.8%
Points / start
5.4
13.9
Avg grid
P9.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.9
P5.6
Finish rate
82.6%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
3,478
1,358
Overtakes / race
8.1
5.8
Places lost
3,192
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
Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
45
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: 13 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2015
2003 · aged 22
First win
2016 · aged 18
2003
First pole
2019
2005 · aged 24
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P9 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 1 · P3 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 3 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P6 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
Max Verstappen
20012026
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).