Max Verstappen vs George Russell: 2025 head to head

Max Verstappen and George Russell over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Verstappen qualified ahead 20–10 and finished ahead in 19 of the 28 races both completed, Russell in 9. On race pace Verstappen was 2.127 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Verstappen 403, Russell 294.

Season totals

 Max VerstappenGeorge Russell
Points403294
Qualified ahead2010
Finished ahead (both finished)199
Quicker race pace227
Average qualifying positionP3.5P4.6
Average grid positionP3.6P4.8
Average finishing positionP3.5P4.7
Places gained on lap 1+0.3-0.4
Places gained per race0.0+0.1
Pace off the quickest of the race0.53%2.75%
Pace steadiness1.82%1.55%
Pit stops4445
Laps in dirty air11%17%
Finishes2829
Retirements21
Penalties31
Time penalties25 s0 s
Places lost to time penalties190
Points lost to time penalties210

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali VER / RUSSprint VER / RUSRace VER / RUSRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP3 / P4—P2 / P3VER −0.994 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP4 / P2P3 / P4P4 / P3RUS −0.117 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P5VER −0.092 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP7 / P2—P6 / P2RUS −0.492 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP1 / P3—P2 / P5VER −0.837 s
6Miami Grand PrixP1 / P5P17 / P4P4 / P3VER −0.175 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP2 / P3—P1 / P7VER −0.397 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP5 / P14—P4 / P11VER −3.359 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP3 / P4—P10 / P4VER −0.551 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP2 / P1—P2 / P1RUS −0.145 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP7 / P5—DNF / P5—
12British Grand PrixP1 / P4—P5 / P10RUS −2.018 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP4 / P6P1 / P12P4 / P5VER −0.466 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP8 / P4—P9 / P3RUS −0.512 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP3 / P5—P2 / P4VER −0.707 s
16Italian Grand PrixP1 / P6—P1 / P5VER −0.558 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P2VER −0.273 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP2 / P1—P2 / P1VER −0.049 s
19United States Grand PrixP1 / P4P1 / P2P1 / P6VER −0.691 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP5 / P4—P3 / P7RUS −0.301 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP16 / P6P4 / P3P3 / P4VER −0.322 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP2 / P4—P1 / P2VER −0.375 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP3 / P4P4 / P2P1 / P6VER −1.473 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP1 / P4—P1 / P5VER −0.922 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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