Valtteri Bottas vs Felipe Massa

2016·

Valtteri Bottas edged Felipe Massa 12–9 in the races and 16–4 in qualifying at Williams in 2016. Valtteri Bottas scored 85 points to 53.

Valtteri BottasFelipe Massa

16Qualifying4

20 shared races

12Race day9

21 shared races

85Points53

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/0
Podiums: 1/0
Poles: 0/0
Retirements: 2/3
Best finish: P3/P5
Avg. grid: 8.3/10.3

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Valtteri Bottas	Felipe Massa	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	16/6	P8	P5▲	4 / 10
2	2Bahrain Grand Prix	6/7	P9	P8	2 / 4
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	5/10	P10	P6	1 / 8
4	4Russian Grand Prix	2/4	P4▲	P5▲	12 / 10
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	7/18	P5	P8	10 / 4
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	10/14	P12	P10	0 / 1
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	7/8	P3▲	Retired	15 / 0
8	8European Grand Prix	8/5	P6	P10	8 / 1
9	9Austrian Grand Prix	7/—	P9	P20▼	2 / 0
10	10British Grand Prix	6/12	P14▼	P11	0 / 0
11	11Hungarian Grand Prix	10/18	P9	P18▼	2 / 0
12	12German Grand Prix	7/10	P9	Suspension	2 / 0
13	13Belgian Grand Prix	8/10	P8	P10	4 / 1
14	14Italian Grand Prix	5/11	P6	P9	8 / 2
15	15Singapore Grand Prix	10/11	Overheating	P12	0 / 0
16	16Malaysian Grand Prix	11/10	P5	P13	10 / 0
17	17Japanese Grand Prix	11/12	P10	P9	1 / 2
18	18United States Grand Prix	8/9	P16▼	P7	0 / 6
19	19Mexican Grand Prix	8/9	P8	P9	4 / 2
20	20Brazilian Grand Prix	11/13	P11	Collision	0 / 0
21	21Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	11/10	Suspension	P9	0 / 2
	Average finish		P8.5	P9.9

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Valtteri Bottas / Felipe Massa.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa in other seasons

Other seasons in which Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2015	Williams	Valtteri Bottas vs Felipe Massa	11–7	9–9	136–109
2014	Williams	Valtteri Bottas vs Felipe Massa	13–6	10–9	186–134

Valtteri Bottas’s career Felipe Massa’s career Williams 2016 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.