Race H2H
8
—
33
41 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
37
40 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
2015
P12
2016
P5
Career totals
Jenson Button
Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
15
71
Poles
8
48
Podiums
50
130
Fastest laps
8
37
Career points
1,235
3,383.5
Starts
309
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Max Verstappen
Win rate
4.9%
29.2%
Podium rate
16.2%
53.5%
Pole rate
2.6%
19.8%
Points / start
4.0
13.9
Avg grid
P10.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.7
P5.6
Finish rate
79.6%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
2,746
1,358
Overtakes / race
9.2
5.8
Places lost
2,334
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
Jenson Button
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
37
14
Crash retirements
22
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: 4 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
2015
2006 · aged 26
First win
2016 · aged 18
2004
First pole
2019
2009 · aged 29
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
Team history
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).