Verstappen in numbers
17 official points · best championship finish: 10th in 1994
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20% of races with Benetton
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Jos Verstappen raced for seven teams in Formula 1, and in the first his team-mate was Michael Schumacher. A Dutchman born in 1972, he made his debut in 1994 with Benetton without ever having raced in Formula 3000, and that same year he left two images behind: his car on fire in the Hockenheim pit lane during a refuelling stop, and two third places in a row in Hungary and Belgium.
It was his best season, tenth in the championship with 10 points, and he never came close again. From then on his career was a string of small teams: Simtek, Footwork, Tyrrell, Stewart, Arrows and Minardi. In four of his eight seasons he finished without a single point.
What he did leave was a reputation for being quick in cars that were not, and the odd flash: with Arrows he scored five points in 2000, in a car that could barely score. His last season was 2003, with Minardi.
Two podiums in ten years. His surname came back to Formula 1 in 2015, with his son Max.
What if Verstappen had another car?
We took his real attributes and put him in the best car of each era: in a real driver's seat, against the team-mate that car actually had. 30 full seasons in each.
| Car | Team-mate | Finish | Wins | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren1988 | Alain Prost-122 pts | P2.1 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Williams1992 | Riccardo Patrese-82 pts | P3.2 | 1.4 | 0% |
| Ferrari2002 | Rubens Barrichello-78 pts | P1.9 | 3.7 | 7% |
| Red Bull2013 | Mark Webber-85 pts | P2.3 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercedes2016 | Lewis Hamilton-156 pts | P2 | 1.5 | 0% |
| Red Bull2023 | Sergio Perez-67 pts | P1.9 | 6.5 | 7% |
| Cadillac2026 · 11th on the grid | Valtteri Bottas+1 pts | P13.1 | 0 | 0% |
The only one who beats him is Lewis Hamilton in the 2016 Mercedes: 156 points clear over a full season.
Verstappen against everyone, in the same car
We put the 11 names that come up most often head to head with identical machinery, 150 seasons of 18 races per duel. Verstappen comes out 1 of 11, ahead of Schumacher.
The full league, duel by duel, with who beats whom and by how much.
Ver en españolRating by season
- First season
- 73 1994
- Peak
- 74 1996
- 2003
- 71 Minardi
6 seasons in the database, from 1994 to 2003. Our own rating, from 50 to 99.
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1994
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His team-mates
10 team-mates across 8 seasons. When both finished the race, Verstappen was ahead in 12 of 24; on the grid he started ahead in 54 of 107.
| Year | Team-mate | In the race | On the grid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Michael SchumacherBenetton · 8 races | 0-1 | 0-8 |
| 1994 | Jyrki JärvilehtoBenetton · 2 races | · | 2-0 |
| 1995 | Domenico SchiattarellaSimtek · 5 races | 1-0 | 4-1 |
| 1996 | Ricardo RossetFootwork · 16 races | 1-0 | 16-0 |
| 1997 | Mika SaloTyrrell · 17 races | 0-4 | 7-10 |
| 1998 | Rubens BarrichelloStewart · 9 races | 0-2 | 1-8 |
| 2000 | Pedro de la RosaArrows · 17 races | 3-0 | 6-11 |
| 2001 | Enrique BernoldiArrows · 17 races | 3-2 | 7-10 |
| 2003 | Justin WilsonMinardi · 11 races | 1-3 | 6-5 |
| 2003 | Nicolas KiesaMinardi · 5 races | 3-0 | 5-0 |
The first number is always Verstappen's. A team-mate is whoever started the same race for the same team. "In the race" only counts races both finished, because a retirement says nothing about who was quicker. "On the grid" is the starting position, with penalties already applied.
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