George Russell

British · 2019–2026
VS

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish · 2013–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
0
1
George Russell · Valtteri Bottas
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
74 64
138 shared
Qualifying H2H
74 60
134 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
2
1
Top-3 finishes
4
P2
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 3
2024 P6 2019 P2 2020 P2 2021 P3 2022 P4 2023 P8 2026 P2
Teammate battle by season
0
1
2020
Career totals
George Russell Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
7
10
Poles
12
20
Podiums
29
67
Fastest laps
11
19
Career points
1,081
1,788
Starts
162
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
George Russell Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
4.3%
3.9%
Podium rate
17.9%
26.1%
Pole rate
7.4%
7.8%
Points / start
6.7
7.0
Avg grid
P8.8
P8.5
Avg finish
P9.4
P9.3
Finish rate
88.9%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
George Russell Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
1,169
1,883
Overtakes / race
7.3
7.4
Places lost
1,067
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
George Russell Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
5
11
Crash retirements
7
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: 6 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
2013
2022 · aged 24
First win
2017 · aged 27
2022
First pole
2017
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
George Russell Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit George Russell Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P10 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Baku City Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P17
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P15 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 4 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 5 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 2 · P3
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
George Russell
WIL
MER
Williams 2019Mercedes 2020Williams 2020–2021Mercedes 2022–2026
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
ALF
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20132026
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).