Pastor Maldonado
Venezuelan · 2011–2015
VS

Valtteri Bottas
Finnish · 2013–2026
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
11
8
Qualifyingahead
7
12
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
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pastor Maldonado Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
1%
3.9%
Podium rate
1%
26.1%
Pole rate
1%
7.8%
Points / start
0.8
7.0
Avg grid
P14.2
P8.5
Avg finish
P15.0
P9.3
Finish rate
70.8%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Pastor Maldonado Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
1,011
1,883
Overtakes / race
11.1
7.4
Places lost
957
1,734
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 · 11
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
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
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
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 7 · P1
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 3 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 2 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P17 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 5 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 4 · P2
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P18 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P19 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P16
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P12
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P16
Team history
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
LOT
Williams 2011–2013Lotus F1 2014–2015
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
ALF
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20112026
Pastor Maldonado → Valtteri Bottas → 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).