Race H2H
37
—
125
162 shared
Qualifying H2H
35
—
124
159 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
7
P2
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 7
2024
P1
2025
P2
2019
P3
2020
P3
2021
P1
2022
P1
2023
P1
2026
P2
Career totals
George Russell
Max Verstappen
Championships
0
4
Wins
7
71
Poles
12
48
Podiums
29
130
Fastest laps
11
37
Career points
1,081
3,383.5
Starts
162
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
George Russell
Max Verstappen
Win rate
4.3%
29.2%
Podium rate
17.9%
53.5%
Pole rate
7.4%
19.8%
Points / start
6.7
13.9
Avg grid
P8.8
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.4
P5.6
Finish rate
88.9%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
George Russell
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
1,169
1,358
Overtakes / race
7.3
5.8
Places lost
1,067
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
George Russell
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
5
14
Crash retirements
7
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: 6 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
2015
2022 · aged 24
First win
2016 · aged 18
2022
First pole
2019
—
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
George Russell
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | George Russell | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 3 · P2 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
George Russell
Max Verstappen
20152026
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).