Drivers
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing · #3 · Dutch · 29 years old · Race engineer: Gianpiero Lambiase
Max Verstappen is 4th in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship on 221 points for Red Bull Racing. This season: 2 wins, 9 podiums and 2 poles from 17 starts. Best finish 1st, best grid slot 1st, with 14 of 17 races classified. Out-qualifies teammate Isack Hadjar by a median 0.119s in the same car. Career: 73 wins, 128 podiums and 46 poles from 258 starts since 2015. Gianpiero Lambiase is the voice on the radio as their race engineer.
2026 season
4th
Championship
221 pts
2
Wins
9
Podiums
2
Poles
1st
Best finish
from 1st on the grid
Qualifying vs teammate
−0.119s faster than Isack Hadjar, median across the season.
Median rather than average, so one wet session or a session-ending crash doesn’t swing it. Teammates share a car, which makes this the one lap-time comparison that belongs to the driver rather than the machinery.
Round by round
| Round | Grid | Finish | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Grand Prix | — | 6 | — | 8 |
| Chinese Grand Prix | 8 | NC | — | — |
| Japanese Grand Prix | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 |
| Miami Grand Prix | 2 | 5 | −3 | 14incl. 4 sprint |
| Canadian Grand Prix | 6 | 3 | +3 | 17incl. 2 sprint |
| Monaco Grand Prix | 2 | NC | — | — |
| Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya | 5 | 4 | +1 | 12 |
| Austrian Grand Prix | 5 | 2 | +3 | 18 |
| British Grand Prix | 7 | 20 | −13 | 3incl. 3 sprint |
| Belgian Grand Prix | 2 | 3 | −1 | 15 |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | 6 | 2 | +4 | 18 |
| Dutch Grand Prix | 7 | NC | — | 3incl. 3 sprint |
| italy | 6 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
| spain | 3 | 2 | +1 | 18 |
| Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 8 | 2 | +6 | 18 |
| Singapore Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33incl. 8 sprint |
| Bahrain Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Season | — | 14/17 | +7 | 221 |
+/− is grid slot to chequered flag. Retirements and non-classifications have no finishing position, so they score no delta rather than counting as places lost. Points are the round total including the sprint, which is why the season figure matches the championship.
Career record
258
Starts
since 2015
73
Wins
128
Podiums
46
Poles
4
Titles
Totals through the end of 2025 plus this season's 17 rounds.
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Where these numbers come from
Season figures are counted from the official race classifications for every 2026 round. Grid slots come from each weekend’s qualifying result, joined to the race to give the places-gained column. See the full grid or the championship standings.