Pastor Maldonado
Venezuelan · 2011–2015
VS

Romain Grosjean
French · 2009–2020
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
13
25
Qualifyingahead
8
30
Pastor Maldonado · Romain Grosjean
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.276s
Romain Grosjean faster by the median gap over 34 sessions
2014 +0.196s 15
2015 +0.329s 19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
26 — 50
76 shared
Qualifying H2H
18 — 58
76 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P14
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 4
2012 P8 2013 P7 2014 P14 2015 P11
Teammate battle by season
8
11
2014
5
14
2015
Career totals
Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
10
Fastest laps
0
1
Career points
76
391
Starts
96
181
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
Win rate
1%
0%
Podium rate
1%
5.5%
Pole rate
1%
0%
Points / start
0.8
2.2
Avg grid
P14.2
P11.8
Avg finish
P15.0
P13.1
Finish rate
70.8%
75.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
Overtakes
1,011
1,549
Overtakes / race
11.1
9.1
Places lost
957
1,385
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
Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
Mechanical retirements
13
19
Crash retirements
11
21
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2009
2012 · aged 27
First win
—
2012
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-0.8
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Pastor Maldonado Romain Grosjean
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
MAL 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 GRO
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 2 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 2 · P3 GRO
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
MAL 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 GRO
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
MAL 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2 GRO
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3
MAL 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3 GRO
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6 GRO
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P8
MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P8 GRO
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7
MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P7 GRO
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P8
MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P8 GRO
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
MAL 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4 GRO
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6
MAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P6 GRO
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6
MAL 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6 GRO
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P8
MAL 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 0 · P8 GRO
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P6
MAL 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P6 GRO
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4
MAL 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P4 GRO
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8
MAL 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8 GRO
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6
MAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P6 GRO
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10
MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P10 GRO
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P15
MAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P15 GRO
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · —
MAL 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · — GRO
Team history
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
LOT
Williams 2011–2013Lotus F1 2014–2015
Romain Grosjean
LOT
HAA
Renault 2009Lotus F1 2012–2015Haas F1 Team 2016–2020
20092020
Pastor Maldonado → Romain Grosjean → 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).