Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing · P6 · 163 p

The Red Bull Racing car currently sits in the upper half (0.37 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Verstappen is stronger on Sunday than on Saturday: race pace (0.30 s/lap) is closer to the front than qualifying pace (0.54). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.45 s/lap. Verstappen is hard to pass (defence +0.80 s/lap, car and driver combined).

Verstappen and Hadjar have been team-mates in 13 of 16 races; the comparison below covers those races. In qualifying Verstappen leads the intra-team qualifying battle 9–3, by 0.119 s/lap on average in Verstappen's favour. In races where both were classified: 7–0 to Verstappen, and in race pace Verstappen is 0.370 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Verstappen an edge of 0.55 s/lap.