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Where VER ranks on the 2026 grid · 50 = grid average
Pace, one-lap, racecraft, tire, consistency & discipline are Pole to Paddock race grades. Points vs Expected = points scored above/below what the model expected from the car. PAR = points per race above a replacement-level driver in the same seat.
Max Verstappen's season has been defined by a win streak. 2 consecutive victories, from Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to Singapore. Graded 89.9 and 93.6, the best single-race scores of the season.
Max sits 4th in the championship on 221 points, 119 points behind leader Kimi Antonelli. That came right after a retirement, which Max answered with a win streak.
Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to Singapore
2 consecutive victories, from Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to Singapore. Graded 89.9 and 93.6, the best single-race scores of the season.
Retired at Dutch
Started P7 but didn't see the finish, the only blank on an otherwise complete scorecard.
Australian
Gained 14 places, from P20 on the grid to P6 at the flag.
Max leads the Red Bull Racing intra-team battle by 124 points and 2 wins to 0. The grade gap tells the same story, 84.9 to 71.0. Max had the better of it at the last race too, P1 to P10.
ROUND 17 · SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
Qualified P1, finished P1.
Pace
96
Qualifying
92
Racecraft
92
Discipline
81
Consistency
84
Tire Mgmt
90
Season Trend
Probability distribution of WDC finishing positions
World Champion
P1 WDC
Title Contender
P2–3 WDC
Frontrunner
P4–5 WDC
Points Regular
P6–10 WDC
Backmarker
P11+ WDC
3.8
Avg Wins
12.9
Avg Podiums
317
Avg Points
Historical seasons with the most similar race-by-race performance profile
Max Verstappen drives for Red Bull Racing in the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Max Verstappen has 73 Formula 1 race wins.
Max Verstappen has 136 career podiums in Formula 1.
Max Verstappen has won 4 FIA Formula 1 World Championships.
Max Verstappen has started 250 Formula 1 Grand Prixes.
Max Verstappen is NED.
Max Verstappen races with the number 3 in Formula 1.
NED