Max Verstappen vs Oscar Piastri: 2025 head to head

Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Verstappen qualified ahead 14–16 and finished ahead in 11 of the 24 races both completed, Piastri in 13. On race pace Verstappen was 0.106 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Verstappen 403, Piastri 398.

Season totals

 Max VerstappenOscar Piastri
Points403398
Qualified ahead1416
Finished ahead (both finished)1113
Quicker race pace1116
Average qualifying positionP3.5P2.9
Average grid positionP3.6P2.8
Average finishing positionP3.5P2.6
Places gained on lap 1+0.3-0.1
Places gained per race0.0-0.1
Pace off the quickest of the race0.53%0.67%
Pace steadiness1.82%1.20%
Pit stops4444
Laps in dirty air11%14%
Finishes2825
Retirements25
Penalties33
Time penalties25 s25 s
Places lost to time penalties194
Points lost to time penalties2115

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali VER / PIASprint VER / PIARace VER / PIARace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP3 / P2—P2 / P9VER −0.195 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP4 / P1P3 / P2P4 / P1PIA −0.290 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP1 / P3—P1 / P3PIA −0.157 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP7 / P1—P6 / P1PIA −0.823 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP1 / P2—P2 / P1PIA −0.082 s
6Miami Grand PrixP1 / P4P17 / P2P4 / P1PIA −0.453 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP2 / P1—P1 / P3PIA −0.188 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP5 / P3—P4 / P3PIA −0.177 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP3 / P1—P10 / P1VER −0.109 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP2 / P3—P2 / P4PIA −0.145 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP7 / P3—DNF / P2—
12British Grand PrixP1 / P2—P5 / P2VER −5.559 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP4 / P2P1 / P2P4 / P1PIA −0.283 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP8 / P2—P9 / P2PIA −0.809 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP3 / P1—P2 / P1PIA −0.230 s
16Italian Grand PrixP1 / P3—P1 / P3VER −0.064 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP1 / P9—P1 / DNF—
18Singapore Grand PrixP2 / P3—P2 / P4VER −0.120 s
19United States Grand PrixP1 / P6P1 / DNFP1 / P5VER −0.153 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP5 / P8—P3 / P5PIA −0.303 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP16 / P4P4 / DNFP3 / P5VER −0.320 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP2 / P5—P1 / DNFVER −0.128 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP3 / P1P4 / P1P1 / P2PIA −0.431 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP1 / P3—P1 / P2VER −0.806 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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