Max Verstappen vs Charles Leclerc: 2025 head to head

Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Verstappen qualified ahead 23–7 and finished ahead in 18 of the 24 races both completed, Leclerc in 6. On race pace Verstappen was 0.913 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Verstappen 403, Leclerc 232.

Season totals

 Max VerstappenCharles Leclerc
Points403232
Qualified ahead237
Finished ahead (both finished)186
Quicker race pace198
Average qualifying positionP3.5P5.7
Average grid positionP3.6P5.6
Average finishing positionP3.5P5.3
Places gained on lap 1+0.3+0.1
Places gained per race0.0+0.4
Pace off the quickest of the race0.53%1.48%
Pace steadiness1.82%1.82%
Pit stops4441
Laps in dirty air11%19%
Finishes2825
Retirements25
Penalties31
Time penalties25 s5 s
Places lost to time penalties190
Points lost to time penalties210

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali VER / LECSprint VER / LECRace VER / LECRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP3 / P7—P2 / P8VER −1.529 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP4 / P6P3 / P5P4 / DNFVER −0.080 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP1 / P4—P1 / P4LEC −0.013 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP7 / P3—P6 / P4LEC −0.661 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP1 / P4—P2 / P3VER −0.465 s
6Miami Grand PrixP1 / P8P17 / DNFP4 / P7VER −0.572 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP2 / P11—P1 / P6LEC −0.150 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP5 / P2—P4 / P2VER −0.035 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP3 / P7—P10 / P3VER −0.185 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP2 / P8—P2 / P5LEC −0.020 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP7 / P2—DNF / P3—
12British Grand PrixP1 / P6—P5 / P14LEC −6.983 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP4 / P3P1 / P4P4 / P3VER −0.008 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP8 / P1—P9 / P4LEC −0.321 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP3 / P6—P2 / DNFVER −0.423 s
16Italian Grand PrixP1 / P4—P1 / P4VER −0.219 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP1 / P10—P1 / P9VER −0.600 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP2 / P7—P2 / P6VER −0.561 s
19United States Grand PrixP1 / P3P1 / P5P1 / P3LEC −0.122 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP5 / P2—P3 / P2LEC −0.368 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP16 / P3P4 / P5P3 / DNF—
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP2 / P9—P1 / P4VER −0.185 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP3 / P10P4 / P13P1 / P8VER −1.608 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P4VER −0.016 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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