Liam Lawson

New Zealander · 2023–2026
VS

Valtteri Bottas

Finnish · 2013–2026
Race H2H
16 5
21 shared
Qualifying H2H
16 5
21 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
4
P10
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 1
2024 P21 2023 P15 2026 P10
Career totals
Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
20
Podiums
0
67
Fastest laps
0
19
Career points
80
1,788
Starts
45
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
0%
3.9%
Podium rate
0%
26.1%
Pole rate
0%
7.8%
Points / start
1.8
7.0
Avg grid
P12.2
P8.5
Avg finish
P12.1
P9.3
Finish rate
86.7%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
348
1,883
Overtakes / race
7.9
7.4
Places lost
367
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
Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
0
11
Crash retirements
0
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: 6 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2023
Debut season
2013
First win
2017 · aged 27
First pole
2017
First title
P5
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Liam Lawson Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 7 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 2 · P1
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 5 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 4 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 2 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Losail International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P8
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P17
Team history
Liam Lawson
RB
AlphaTauri 2023RB F1 Team 2024–2025Red Bull 2025RB F1 Team 2026
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).