Lando Norris vs Max Verstappen: 2025 head to head

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Norris qualified ahead 16–14 and finished ahead in 14 of the 25 races both completed, Verstappen in 11. On race pace Norris was 0.111 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Norris 423, Verstappen 403.

Season totals

 Lando NorrisMax Verstappen
Points423403
Qualified ahead1614
Finished ahead (both finished)1411
Quicker race pace1810
Average qualifying positionP3.0P3.5
Average grid positionP2.8P3.6
Average finishing positionP2.4P3.5
Places gained on lap 1-0.4+0.3
Places gained per race+0.50.0
Pace off the quickest of the race0.41%0.53%
Pace steadiness1.20%1.82%
Pit stops4144
Laps in dirty air13%11%
Finishes2628
Retirements42
Penalties13
Time penalties5 s25 s
Places lost to time penalties119
Points lost to time penalties321

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali NOR / VERSprint NOR / VERRace NOR / VERRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP1 / P3—P1 / P2VER −0.078 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP3 / P4P8 / P3P2 / P4NOR −0.148 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP2 / P1—P2 / P1NOR −0.143 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP6 / P7—P3 / P6NOR −0.500 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP10 / P1—P4 / P2VER −0.369 s
6Miami Grand PrixP2 / P1P1 / P17P2 / P4NOR −0.714 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP4 / P2—P2 / P1NOR −0.168 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P4NOR −0.060 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP2 / P3—P2 / P10VER −0.113 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP7 / P2—P18 / P2NOR −0.418 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP1 / P7—P1 / DNF—
12British Grand PrixP3 / P1—P1 / P5NOR −0.832 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP1 / P4P3 / P1P2 / P4NOR −0.379 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP3 / P8—P1 / P9NOR −1.072 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP2 / P3—DNF / P2NOR −0.217 s
16Italian Grand PrixP2 / P1—P2 / P1VER −0.092 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP7 / P1—P7 / P1VER −0.489 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP5 / P2—P3 / P2VER −0.108 s
19United States Grand PrixP2 / P1DNF / P1P2 / P1NOR −0.011 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P3NOR −0.599 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP1 / P16P1 / P4P1 / P3VER −0.488 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP1 / P2—DNF / P1VER −0.526 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP2 / P3P3 / P4P4 / P1NOR −0.266 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP2 / P1—P3 / P1NOR −0.229 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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