Max Verstappen

Dutch · 2015–2026
VS

Yuki Tsunoda

Japanese · 2021–2025
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
21
1
Qualifyingahead
21
1
Max Verstappen · Yuki Tsunoda
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.510s
Max Verstappen faster by the median gap over 21 sessions
2025 −0.510s 21
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
107 7
114 shared
Qualifying H2H
107 3
110 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
7
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P12
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 0
2024 P1 2025 P2 2021 P1 2022 P1 2023 P1
Teammate battle by season
21
1
2025
Career totals
Max Verstappen Yuki Tsunoda
Championships
4
0
Wins
71
0
Poles
48
0
Podiums
130
0
Fastest laps
37
1
Career points
3,383.5
108
Starts
243
114
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen Yuki Tsunoda
Win rate
29.2%
0%
Podium rate
53.5%
0%
Pole rate
19.8%
0%
Points / start
13.9
0.9
Avg grid
P4.9
P12.7
Avg finish
P5.6
P13.3
Finish rate
86.4%
86.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Max Verstappen Yuki Tsunoda
Overtakes
1,358
981
Overtakes / race
5.8
9.1
Places lost
1,135
1,025
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 Yuki Tsunoda
Mechanical retirements
14
5
Crash retirements
15
4
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2015
Debut season
2021
2016 · aged 18
First win
2019
First pole
2021 · aged 24
First title
P1
Best finish
P4
-0.6
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Max Verstappen Yuki Tsunoda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Max Verstappen Yuki Tsunoda
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 5 · 9 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Yas Marina Circuit 5 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit of the Americas 4 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Suzuka Circuit 4 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 4 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 3 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Losail International Circuit 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Bahrain International Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Hungaroring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Baku City Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Miami International Autodrome 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit Paul Ricard 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P16
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P12
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P17
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P15
Istanbul Park 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P14
Team history
Max Verstappen
RED
Toro Rosso 2015Red Bull 2016Toro Rosso 2016Red Bull 2017–2026
Yuki Tsunoda
ALP
RB
AlphaTauri 2021–2023RB F1 Team 2024–2025Red Bull 2025
20152026
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).