F1 Podium Soulmates

Which legends spent the most race weekends together on the box? 76 years of F1 history distilled into the partnerships that defined each era.

Closest partnerships

Ranked by how many World Championship podiums each duo shared — 30 partnerships drawn from the all-time top 40 drivers by career podiums.

DuoShared podiums
  1. Lewis Hamilton/Max Verstappen62
    Years2016–2026
    Seasons active11
    Per season5.6
  2. Sebastian Vettel/Lewis Hamilton56
    Years2009–2020
    Seasons active12
    Per season4.7
  3. Lewis Hamilton/Valtteri Bottas53
    Years2014–2021
    Seasons active8
    Per season6.6
  4. Nico Rosberg/Lewis Hamilton45
    Years2008–2016
    Seasons active9
    Per season5.0
  5. Alain Prost/Ayrton Senna41
    Years1984–1993
    Seasons active10
    Per season4.1
  6. Michael Schumacher/Rubens Barrichello41
    Years1994–2005
    Seasons active12
    Per season3.4
  7. Michael Schumacher/David Coulthard37
    Years1995–2002
    Seasons active8
    Per season4.6
  8. Kimi Räikkönen/Fernando Alonso34
    Years2003–2013
    Seasons active11
    Per season3.1
  9. Kimi Räikkönen/Lewis Hamilton32
    Years2007–2018
    Seasons active12
    Per season2.7
  10. Mark Webber/Sebastian Vettel31
    Years2009–2013
    Seasons active5
    Per season6.2
  11. Mika Häkkinen/Michael Schumacher30
    Years1994–2001
    Seasons active8
    Per season3.8
  12. Max Verstappen/Charles Leclerc29
    Years2019–2026
    Seasons active8
    Per season3.6
  13. Max Verstappen/Lando Norris29
    Years2021–2026
    Seasons active6
    Per season4.8
  14. Nelson Piquet/Alain Prost29
    Years1981–1991
    Seasons active11
    Per season2.6
  15. Ayrton Senna/Nigel Mansell27
    Years1985–1992
    Seasons active8
    Per season3.4
  16. Alain Prost/Nigel Mansell26
    Years1982–1991
    Seasons active10
    Per season2.6
  17. Fernando Alonso/Sebastian Vettel26
    Years2010–2013
    Seasons active4
    Per season6.5
  18. Fernando Alonso/Lewis Hamilton25
    Years2007–2023
    Seasons active17
    Per season1.5
  19. Max Verstappen/Sergio Pérez25
    Years2021–2024
    Seasons active4
    Per season6.2
  20. Valtteri Bottas/Max Verstappen25
    Years2017–2021
    Seasons active5
    Per season5.0
  21. Mika Häkkinen/David Coulthard24
    Years1994–2001
    Seasons active8
    Per season3.0
  22. Damon Hill/Michael Schumacher22
    Years1993–1996
    Seasons active4
    Per season5.5
  23. Daniel Ricciardo/Lewis Hamilton22
    Years2014–2020
    Seasons active7
    Per season3.1
  24. Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel22
    Years2009–2018
    Seasons active10
    Per season2.2
  25. Sebastian Vettel/Nico Rosberg21
    Years2010–2016
    Seasons active7
    Per season3.0
  26. Felipe Massa/Fernando Alonso20
    Years2006–2013
    Seasons active8
    Per season2.5
  27. Jenson Button/Sebastian Vettel20
    Years2009–2012
    Seasons active4
    Per season5.0
  28. Felipe Massa/Lewis Hamilton19
    Years2007–2015
    Seasons active9
    Per season2.1
  29. Michael Schumacher/Kimi Räikkönen19
    Years2002–2012
    Seasons active11
    Per season1.7
  30. Max Verstappen/George Russell18
    Years2021–2026
    Seasons active6
    Per season3.0

Did you know

The quirks hiding inside the full 40×40 shared-podium matrix.

Most connected driver
16 connections
Lewis Hamilton shared at least one podium with 16 different drivers from the all-time top 40 — more than anyone else.
Longest partnership
17 seasons
Fernando Alonso & Lewis Hamilton shared podiums across 17 seasons (2007–2023), the longest-running pairing in the top 30.
Most intense rivalry
6.6 per season
Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas averaged 6.6 shared podiums per season over their 8-season overlap — the densest podium partnership on record.
Biggest cross-era connection
9 year era gap
Kimi Räikkönen (peak ~2008) and Lewis Hamilton (peak ~2017) still shared 32 podiums despite their careers being 9 years apart.
Total shared podium moments
1,846
Across all 780 possible pairings within the top 40, drivers shared a podium a combined 1,846 times.
Solo legend
0 connections
Despite 35 career podiums, Juan Fangio shared the box with only 0 other drivers from the top 40 — a testament to era dominance.

Shared podiums count every World Championship race where both drivers finished in the top three, across all F1 rounds since 1950. The field is the all-time top 40 drivers by career podiums.