Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mario Andretti
Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
12
71
Poles
18
48
Podiums
19
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
180
3,383.5
Starts
128
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mario Andretti
Max Verstappen
Win rate
9.4%
29.2%
Podium rate
14.8%
53.5%
Pole rate
14.1%
19.8%
Points / start
1.4
13.9
Avg grid
P8.6
P4.9
Avg finish
P12.5
P5.6
Finish rate
49.2%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mario Andretti
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
Mario Andretti
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
49
14
Crash retirements
16
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
1968
Debut season
2015
1971 · aged 31
First win
2016 · aged 18
1968
First pole
2019
1978 · aged 38
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.9
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Mario Andretti
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mario Andretti | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
Max Verstappen
19682026
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).