Championship record
2
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
1
5
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark
Max Verstappen
Championships
2
4
Wins
25
71
Poles
33
48
Podiums
32
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
274
3,383.5
Starts
72
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Max Verstappen
Win rate
34.7%
29.2%
Podium rate
44.4%
53.5%
Pole rate
45.8%
19.8%
Points / start
3.8
13.9
Avg grid
P3.6
P4.9
Avg finish
P7.1
P5.6
Finish rate
68.1%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jim Clark
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
Jim Clark
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
21
14
Crash retirements
2
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
1960
Debut season
2015
1962 · aged 26
First win
2016 · aged 18
1962
First pole
2019
1963 · aged 27
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 4 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Max Verstappen
19602026
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).