2017 (20 races as staff mates):
Qualifying head-to-head: Ricciardo 7 – 13 Verstappen / Race head-to-head: Ricciardo 9 – 11 Verstappen
Factors scored: Ricciardo – 200 (70% of races completed in factors), fifth in championship / Verstappen – 168 (65% of races completed in factors), sixth in championship
Pole positions: Ricciardo 0 (0%) / Verstappen 0 (0%)
Podiums: Ricciardo 9 (45%) / Verstappen 4 (20%)
Wins: Ricciardo 1 (5%) / Verstappen 2 (10%)
The 2017 marketing campaign was a weaker one for Pink Bull, with the staff usually going through reliability points. Verstappen skilled extra retirements than Ricciardo earlier within the season however loved a stronger run on the finish, taking two wins within the ultimate six races.
Ricciardo had scored extra factors by the marketing campaign’s finish, but Verstappen beat his staff mate by way of the qualifying and race day head-to-heads as he continued to hone his expertise.
2018 (21 races as staff mates):
Qualifying head-to-head: Ricciardo 7 – 14 Verstappen / Race head-to-head: Ricciardo 5 – 14 Verstappen
Factors scored: Ricciardo 170 (61.9% of races completed in factors), sixth in championship / Verstappen – 249 (81% of races completed in factors), fourth in championship
Pole positions: Ricciardo 2 (9.5%) / Verstappen 0 (0%)
Podiums: Ricciardo 2 (9.5%) / Verstappen 11 (52.4%)
Wins: Ricciardo 2 (9.5%) / Verstappen 2 (9.5%)
A season during which the momentum appeared to modify in Verstappen’s favour. Whereas Ricciardo clinched two wins in the course of the early phases – in distinction to Verstappen’s powerful begin to the yr – this transpired to be the Australian’s solely visits to the rostrum in 2018.
Verstappen, in the meantime, collected 11 rostrums and outscored his staff mate on most counts, although pole place nonetheless eluded him and Ricciardo suffered extra mechanical DNFs. Each drivers failed to complete in Bahrain and Azerbaijan, with the latter the scene of an notorious collision between them. Ricciardo opted to depart for pastures new on the finish of the season, making the swap to Renault for 2019.
