As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nicolas Kiesa · Jos Verstappen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+1.700s
Jos Verstappen faster by the median gap over 5 sessions
2003
+1.700s
5
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
2
—
3
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
5
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P23
Best championship
P10
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
2003
P22
Teammate battle by season
2
3
2003
Career totals
Nicolas Kiesa
Jos Verstappen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
17
Starts
5
107
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nicolas Kiesa
Jos Verstappen
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
1.9%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.2
Avg grid
P19.4
P16.3
Avg finish
P12.8
P14.2
Finish rate
100%
46.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nicolas Kiesa
Jos Verstappen
Overtakes
36
691
Overtakes / race
7.2
7.8
Places lost
16
490
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
Nicolas Kiesa
Jos Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
0
38
Crash retirements
0
19
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
2003
Debut season
1994
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P11
Best finish
P3
+6.6
Avg places gained
+2.1
Season points trajectory
Nicolas Kiesa
Jos Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nicolas Kiesa | Jos Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nicolas Kiesa 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3 Jos Verstappen | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nicolas Kiesa 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P4 Jos Verstappen | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Nicolas Kiesa 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P9 Jos Verstappen | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Nicolas Kiesa 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P11 Jos Verstappen | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Nicolas Kiesa 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10 Jos Verstappen | ||
Team history
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).