
Verstappen trails only Perez in this 2026 statistic
·Updated 2 days ago·41 pts
Verstappen is 0.542s faster than Hadjar in race pace midseason, with Perez leading Bottas by 0.737s at Cadillac.
- Verstappen's race pace is 0.542s faster than Hadjar's midseason.
- Perez is 0.737s ahead of Bottas at Cadillac in the same data set.
Midseason F1 data: Verstappen 0.542s faster than Hadjar in race pace; biggest gap at Cadillac with Perez 0.737s ahead of Bottas.
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