Max Verstappen
Dutch · 2015–2026
VS

Valtteri Bottas
Finnish · 2013–2026
Race H2H
136 — 83
219 shared
Qualifying H2H
123 — 93
216 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
2
7
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 7 · 4
2024 P1 2015 P5 2016 P5 2017 P3 2018 P4 2019 P2 2020 P2 2021 P1 2022 P1 2023 P1 2026 P7
Career totals
Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
Championships
4
0
Wins
71
10
Poles
48
20
Podiums
130
67
Fastest laps
37
19
Career points
3,383.5
1,788
Starts
243
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
29.2%
3.9%
Podium rate
53.5%
26.1%
Pole rate
19.8%
7.8%
Points / start
13.9
7.0
Avg grid
P4.9
P8.5
Avg finish
P5.6
P9.3
Finish rate
86.4%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
1,358
1,883
Overtakes / race
5.8
7.4
Places lost
1,135
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
Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
14
11
Crash retirements
15
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: 4 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2013
2016 · aged 18
First win
2017 · aged 27
2019
First pole
2017
2021 · aged 24
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.6
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 5 · 9 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Yas Marina Circuit 5 · 7 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 4 · 7 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit of the Americas 4 · 7 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 4 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 3 · 7 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Baku City Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Losail International Circuit 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 5 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 5 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P17
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Istanbul Park 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P16
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Max Verstappen
RED
Toro Rosso 2015Red Bull 2016Toro Rosso 2016Red Bull 2017–2026
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
ALF
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20132026
Max Verstappen → Valtteri Bottas → Compare others
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).