Max Verstappen vs Charles Leclerc: 2024 head to head

Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc over 24 rounds of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Verstappen qualified ahead 23–7 and finished ahead in 17 of the 28 races both completed, Leclerc in 11. On race pace Verstappen was 0.314 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Verstappen 437, Leclerc 356.

Season totals

 Max VerstappenCharles Leclerc
Points437356
Qualified ahead237
Finished ahead (both finished)1711
Quicker race pace1910
Average qualifying positionP2.9P5.3
Average grid positionP3.4P5.3
Average finishing positionP2.9P4.0
Places gained on lap 1+0.2+0.5
Places gained per race+0.6+1.2
Pace off the quickest of the race0.21%0.56%
Pace steadiness1.12%1.09%
Pit stops3941
Laps in dirty air11%22%
Finishes2929
Retirements11
Penalties40
Time penalties40 s0 s
Places lost to time penalties20
Points lost to time penalties40

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali VER / LECSprint VER / LECRace VER / LECRace pace
1Bahrain Grand PrixP1 / P2—P1 / P4VER −1.175 s
2Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP1 / P2—P1 / P3VER −0.462 s
3Australian Grand PrixP1 / P5—DNF / P2—
4Japanese Grand PrixP1 / P8—P1 / P4VER −0.126 s
5Chinese Grand PrixP1 / P6P1 / P4P1 / P4VER −1.836 s
6Miami Grand PrixP1 / P2P1 / P2P2 / P3LEC −0.170 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP1 / P4—P1 / P3VER −0.166 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP6 / P1—P6 / P1LEC −0.051 s
9Canadian Grand PrixP2 / P11—P1 / DNFVER −2.774 s
10Spanish Grand PrixP2 / P5—P1 / P5LEC −0.117 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP1 / P6P1 / P7P5 / P11VER −0.388 s
12British Grand PrixP4 / P11—P2 / P14VER −0.764 s
13Hungarian Grand PrixP3 / P6—P5 / P4LEC −0.510 s
14Belgian Grand PrixP1 / P2—P4 / P3LEC −0.133 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP2 / P6—P2 / P3VER −0.045 s
16Italian Grand PrixP7 / P4—P6 / P1VER −0.096 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP6 / P1—P5 / P2LEC −0.420 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP2 / P9—P2 / P5VER −1.415 s
19United States Grand PrixP2 / P4P1 / P4P3 / P1LEC −0.094 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP2 / P4—P6 / P3LEC −0.490 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP12 / P6P4 / P3P1 / P5VER −0.174 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP5 / P4—P5 / P4VER −0.057 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP1 / P5P8 / P5P1 / P2VER −0.274 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP5 / P14—P6 / P3LEC −0.104 s

Races and sprints count. Race pace is the median of the clean laps — no first lap, no laps into or out of the pits, nothing behind a safety car.

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