Jackie Stewart

British · 1965–1973
VS

Max Verstappen

Dutch · 2015–2026
Championship record
3
World titles
4
2
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
Championships
3
4
Wins
27
71
Poles
17
48
Podiums
43
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
360
3,383.5
Starts
100
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
Win rate
27%
29.2%
Podium rate
43%
53.5%
Pole rate
17%
19.8%
Points / start
3.6
13.9
Avg grid
P4.5
P4.9
Avg finish
P7.4
P5.6
Finish rate
64%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
Overtakes
0
1,358
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.8
Places lost
0
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
Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
33
14
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
2015
1965 · aged 26
First win
2016 · aged 18
1969
First pole
2019
1969 · aged 30
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.9
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
1965 1973 1981 1989 1997 2005 2013 2021
Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jackie Stewart Max Verstappen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 5 · 9 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 4 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 3 · P1 3 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 6 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 6 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 7 · P1
Nürburgring 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Team history
Jackie Stewart
BRM 1965–1967Matra-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Tyrrell 1970–1973
Max Verstappen
RED
Toro Rosso 2015Red Bull 2016Toro Rosso 2016Red Bull 2017–2026
19652026
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).