Max Verstappen vs Daniel Ricciardo

2018·

Max Verstappen beat Daniel Ricciardo 15–5 at Red Bull in 2018, helped by 8 retirements for Daniel Ricciardo. Race-by-race qualifying, finishing and points record.

Max VerstappenDaniel Ricciardo

14Qualifying7

21 shared races

15Race day5

21 shared races, 1 tied

249Points170

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 2/2
Podiums: 11/2
Poles: 0/2
Retirements: 4/8
Best finish: P1/P1
Avg. grid: 7.0/8.2

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Max Verstappen	Daniel Ricciardo	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	4/8	P6	P4	8 / 12
2	2Bahrain Grand Prix	15/4	Puncture	Electrical	0 / 0
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	5/6	P5	P1	10 / 25
4	4Azerbaijan Grand Prix	5/4	Collision	Collision	0 / 0
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	5/6	P3	P5	15 / 10
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	20/1	P9▼	P1	2 / 25
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	3/6	P3	P4	15 / 12
8	8French Grand Prix	4/5	P2	P4	18 / 12
9	9Austrian Grand Prix	4/7	P1	Exhaust	25 / 0
10	10British Grand Prix	5/6	Brakes	P5	0 / 10
11	11German Grand Prix	4/20	P4	Engine	12 / 0
12	12Hungarian Grand Prix	7/12	Power loss	P4	0 / 12
13	13Belgian Grand Prix	7/8	P3	Retired	15 / 0
14	14Italian Grand Prix	5/19	P5	Engine	10 / 0
15	15Singapore Grand Prix	2/6	P2	P6	18 / 8
16	16Russian Grand Prix	19/18	P5	P6	10 / 8
17	17Japanese Grand Prix	3/15	P3	P4	15 / 12
18	18United States Grand Prix	18/4	P2	Battery	18 / 0
19	19Mexican Grand Prix	2/1	P1	Engine	25 / 0
20	20Brazilian Grand Prix	5/11	P2	P4	18 / 12
21	21Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	6/5	P3	P4	15 / 12
	Average finish		P3.5	P4.0

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Max Verstappen / Daniel Ricciardo.
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.

Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in other seasons

Other seasons in which Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were teammates
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2017	Red Bull	Max Verstappen vs Daniel Ricciardo	12–7	11–9	168–200
2016	Red Bull	Max Verstappen vs Daniel Ricciardo	6–10	7–10	191–220

Max Verstappen’s career Daniel Ricciardo’s career Red Bull 2018 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 Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.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.