Race H2H
90
—
71
161 shared
Qualifying H2H
83
—
78
161 shared
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2007
2016 · aged 18
First win
2008 · aged 21
2019
First pole
2008
2021 · aged 24
First title
2010 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.6
Avg places gained
-0.7
Career totals
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
Championships
4
4
Wins
71
53
Poles
48
57
Podiums
130
122
Fastest laps
37
38
Career points
3,383.5
3,098
Starts
243
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
Win rate
29.2%
17.7%
Podium rate
53.5%
40.7%
Pole rate
19.8%
19%
Points / start
13.9
10.3
Avg grid
P4.9
P6.3
Avg finish
P5.6
P7.1
Finish rate
86.4%
88%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
4
1
Runner-up
3
7
Top-3 finishes
8
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 4
2015
P3
2016
P4
2017
P2
2018
P2
2019
P3
2020
P3
2021
P1
2022
P1
Season points trajectory
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Max Verstappen | Sebastian Vettel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 5 · 7 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 4 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 5 · 9 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 4 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Losail International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
Team history
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
20072026
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).