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Max Verstappen

2015–present
244
Starts
71
Wins
131
Podiums
48
Poles
4
Titles
3553.5
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
2015 Toro Rosso 19 19 0 0 0 49 P12
2016 Red Bull + Toro Rosso 21 21 1 7 0 204 P5
2017 Red Bull 20 20 2 4 0 168 P6
2018 Red Bull 21 21 2 11 0 249 P4
2019 Red Bull 21 21 3 9 2 278 P3
2020 Red Bull 17 17 2 11 1 214 P3
2021 Red Bull 22 22 10 18 10 395.5 P1
2022 Red Bull 22 22 15 17 7 454 P1
2023 Red Bull 22 22 19 21 12 575 P1
2024 Red Bull 24 24 9 14 8 437 P1
2025 Red Bull 24 24 8 15 8 421 P2
2026 Red Bull 11 11 0 4 0 109 P6

Race engineer

Gianpiero Lambiase "GP" Red Bull · since 2016 Famously known as "GP" on the radio.

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Sergio Pérez '21–'24 · 72r compared , 18 excl. → Full breakdown 80–9 67–5 1750.5 879
Daniel Ricciardo '16–'18 · 33r compared , 25 excl. → Full breakdown 34–22 20–13 608 590
Yuki Tsunoda '25 · 20r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 21–0 20–0 359 21
Alexander Albon '19–'20 · 18r compared , 8 excl. → Full breakdown 25–0 16–2 311 181
Carlos Sainz Jr. '15–'16 · 11r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 10–10 6–5 62 22
Pierre Gasly '19 · 10r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 10–1 9–1 181 63
Isack Hadjar '26 · 6r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 7–2 6–0 100 68
Liam Lawson '25 · 1r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 2–0 1–0 30 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Road to Formula 1

Karting

Won numerous karting titles culminating in a record-breaking 2013 season (world and European KZ honours).

Junior single-seaters

2014 Florida Winter Series (winning races on debut); 2014 FIA F3 European Championship 3rd (rookie) with Van Amersfoort, scoring the most wins of any driver that year (10).

Academy

Joined the Red Bull Junior Team in August 2014, turning down a Mercedes offer.

Highlights

Made three FP1 appearances in 2014 starting at the Japanese GP, becoming the youngest person to participate in an F1 weekend.

F1 debut

2015 with Toro Rosso, partnering Carlos Sainz. Became the youngest driver to start an F1 race at the 2015 Australian GP, aged 17 years 166 days.

2013
Karting (CIK-FIA KZ)
World & European Champion
2014
FIA F3 European Championship
Van Amersfoort · 3rd
2015
Formula 1 Debut
Toro Rosso

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
12.7% DNF rate 31 in 244 starts
83.2% points-finish rate 203 in 244 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.

2026 Salary

estimated — not officially disclosed
Est. annual $70M – $95M
Contract through 2028
Base / bonus $70M base / Up to $25M bonus

Source: PaddockIntel / RacingNews365 (Feb–Apr 2026). Exit clause active for Aug 2026.