Pastor Maldonado
Venezuelan · 2011–2015
VS

Rubens Barrichello
Brazilian · 1993–2011
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
6
13
Qualifyingahead
9
10
Pastor Maldonado · Rubens Barrichello
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.096s
Rubens Barrichello faster by the median gap over 18 sessions
2011 +0.096s 18
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
6 — 13
19 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 — 10
19 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
2
0
Top-3 finishes
4
P14
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
2011 P17
Teammate battle by season
6
13
2011
Career totals
Pastor Maldonado Rubens Barrichello
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
11
Poles
1
14
Podiums
1
68
Fastest laps
0
6
Career points
76
658
Starts
96
326
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pastor Maldonado Rubens Barrichello
Win rate
1%
3.4%
Podium rate
1%
20.9%
Pole rate
1%
4.3%
Points / start
0.8
2.0
Avg grid
P14.2
P8.9
Avg finish
P15.0
P10.3
Finish rate
70.8%
71.8%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Pastor Maldonado Rubens Barrichello
Overtakes
1,011
1,970
Overtakes / race
11.1
7.4
Places lost
957
1,682
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 Rubens Barrichello
Mechanical retirements
13
63
Crash retirements
11
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
1993
2012 · aged 27
First win
2000 · aged 28
2012
First pole
1994
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-1.4
Season points trajectory
1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014
Pastor Maldonado Rubens Barrichello
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Pastor Maldonado Rubens Barrichello
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 3 · 5 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 5 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 2 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 5 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 5 · P2
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 5 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 4 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P8
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P7
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P15
Team history
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
Williams 2011–2013Lotus F1 2014–2015
Rubens Barrichello
JOR
STE
FER
HON
Jordan 1993–1996Stewart 1997–1999Ferrari 2000–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009Williams 2010–2011
19932015
Pastor Maldonado → Rubens Barrichello → 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).