Race H2H
153
—
34
187 shared
Qualifying H2H
159
—
26
185 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
7
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings:
10 · 1
2024
P1
2025
P2
2015
P10
2016
P5
2017
P6
2018
P4
2019
P3
2020
P3
2022
P1
2023
P1
2026
P7
Career totals
Max Verstappen
Nico Hülkenberg
Championships
4
0
Wins
71
0
Poles
48
1
Podiums
130
1
Fastest laps
37
2
Career points
3,383.5
614
Starts
243
264
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen
Nico Hülkenberg
Win rate
29.2%
0%
Podium rate
53.5%
0.4%
Pole rate
19.8%
0.4%
Points / start
13.9
2.3
Avg grid
P4.9
P11.2
Avg finish
P5.6
P12.1
Finish rate
86.4%
84.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Max Verstappen
Nico Hülkenberg
Overtakes
1,358
2,326
Overtakes / race
5.8
9.4
Places lost
1,135
2,304
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
Nico Hülkenberg
Mechanical retirements
14
16
Crash retirements
15
18
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 · 8
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2010
2016 · aged 18
First win
—
2019
First pole
2010
2021 · aged 24
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P3
-0.6
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
Max Verstappen
Nico Hülkenberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Max Verstappen | Nico Hülkenberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 5 · 9 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 5 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 4 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Losail International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Baku City Circuit | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
Team history
Max Verstappen
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams 2010Force India 2012Sauber 2013Force India 2014–2016Renault 2017–2019Racing Point 2020Aston Martin 2022Haas F1 Team 2023–2024Sauber 2025Audi 2026
20102026
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).