Championship record
1
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
11
71
Poles
13
48
Podiums
23
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
235
3,383.5
Starts
165
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
Win rate
6.7%
29.2%
Podium rate
13.9%
53.5%
Pole rate
7.9%
19.8%
Points / start
1.4
13.9
Avg grid
P9.1
P4.9
Avg finish
P10.3
P5.6
Finish rate
66.7%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
1,120
1,358
Overtakes / race
7.0
5.8
Places lost
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
38
14
Crash retirements
17
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
1996
Debut season
2015
1996 · aged 25
First win
2016 · aged 18
1996
First pole
2019
1997 · aged 26
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Jacques Villeneuve
Max Verstappen
19962026
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).