As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Pastor Maldonado · Valtteri Bottas
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.058s
Valtteri Bottas faster by the median gap over 19 sessions
2013
+0.058s
19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
14
—
43
57 shared
Qualifying H2H
10
—
46
56 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 · 3
2013
P17
2014
P4
2015
P5
Teammate battle by season
11
8
2013
Career totals
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
10
Poles
1
20
Podiums
1
67
Fastest laps
0
19
Career points
76
1,788
Starts
96
264
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
1%
3.8%
Podium rate
1%
25.4%
Pole rate
1%
7.6%
Points / start
0.8
6.8
Avg grid
P14.2
P8.8
Avg finish
P15.0
P9.6
Finish rate
70.8%
87.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
1,011
2,097
Overtakes / race
11.1
8.0
Places lost
957
1,722
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
Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
13
11
Crash retirements
11
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 · 14
Milestones & racecraft
2011
Debut season
2013
2012 · aged 27
First win
2017 · aged 27
2012
First pole
2017
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Pastor Maldonado | Valtteri Bottas |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 7 · P1 BOT | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 5 · P1 BOT | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| MAL 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2 BOT | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 3 · P1 BOT | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 2 · P1 BOT | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1 BOT | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1 BOT | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P17 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 1 · P1 BOT | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 5 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 5 · P2 BOT | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 4 · P2 BOT | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 4 · P2 BOT | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 4 · P2 BOT | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 3 · P2 BOT | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 3 · P2 BOT | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P3 BOT | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2 BOT | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2 BOT | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 2 · P2 BOT | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P18 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 1 · P3 BOT | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3 BOT | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P19 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P5 BOT | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P16 BOT | ||
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P12 BOT | ||
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| MAL 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P16 BOT | ||
Team history
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas
20112026
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).