Guanyu Zhou

Chinese · 2022–2024
VS

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish · 2013–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
26
42
Qualifyingahead
18
48
Guanyu Zhou · Valtteri Bottas
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.344s
Valtteri Bottas faster by the median gap over 67 sessions
2022 +0.293s 22
2023 +0.231s 22
2024 +0.482s 23
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
26 42
68 shared
Qualifying H2H
18 48
66 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
4
P18
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 2
2024 P20 2022 P10 2023 P15
Teammate battle by season
7
15
2022
9
13
2023
10
14
2024
Career totals
Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
20
Podiums
0
67
Fastest laps
2
19
Career points
16
1,788
Starts
68
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
0%
3.9%
Podium rate
0%
26.1%
Pole rate
0%
7.8%
Points / start
0.2
7.0
Avg grid
P15.8
P8.5
Avg finish
P14.6
P9.3
Finish rate
85.3%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
742
1,883
Overtakes / race
11.1
7.4
Places lost
647
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
Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
3
11
Crash retirements
3
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: 4 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2022
Debut season
2013
First win
2017 · aged 27
First pole
2017
First title
P8
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Guanyu Zhou Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 7 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 2 · P1
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 5 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 4 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 2 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P3
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P7
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P8
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P17
Team history
Guanyu Zhou
ALF
Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024
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).