Championship record
4
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
7
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
Championships
4
3
Wins
71
23
Poles
48
24
Podiums
130
60
Fastest laps
37
0
Career points
3,383.5
485.5
Starts
243
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
29.2%
11.2%
Podium rate
53.5%
29.3%
Pole rate
19.8%
11.7%
Points / start
13.9
2.4
Avg grid
P4.9
P6.7
Avg finish
P5.6
P9.8
Finish rate
86.4%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
Overtakes
1,358
0
Overtakes / race
5.8
0.0
Places lost
1,135
0
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
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
14
51
Crash retirements
15
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
1978
2016 · aged 18
First win
1980 · aged 27
2019
First pole
1980
2021 · aged 24
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.6
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Max Verstappen | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 4 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 5 · 9 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Max Verstappen
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19782026
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).