Milestones & racecraft
2015
Estreia season
1971
2016 · aged 18
Primeira vitória
1974 · aged 25
2019
Primeira pole
1974
2021 · aged 24
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.6
Avg places gained
-2.3
Career totals
Max Verstappen
Niki Lauda
Championships
4
3
Vitórias
71
25
Poles
48
24
Pódios
130
54
Fastest voltas
37
0
Pontos na carreira
3,383.5
420.5
Largadas
243
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen
Niki Lauda
Taxa de vitórias
29.2%
14.5%
Taxa de pódios
53.5%
31.2%
Pole rate
19.8%
13.9%
Pontos / start
13.9
2.4
Avg grid
P4.9
P8.4
Avg finish
P5.6
P10.8
Taxa de chegadas
86.4%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
7
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Temporada points trajectory
Max Verstappen
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuito | Max Verstappen | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 5 · 9 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuito Park Zandvoort | 3 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuito de Monaco | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 4 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuito Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuito Paul Ricard | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuito | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Max Verstappen
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19712026
Basis
Head-to-head counts corridas where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Companheiro section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).