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Max Verstappen and Charles LeClerc are two of the brightest young talents in Formula One. Like every other driver in Formula One, the two have begun their careers in go karts. Interestingly, both drivers have competed against each other on that platform. However, their head to head record is highly skewed towards one side.

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In other words, Max Verstappen has beaten Charles LeClerc on more occasions. According to a comparison on driverdb.com, Verstappen has beaten LeClerc on 11 occasions, compared to 4 for the Monegasque driver.

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As seen by the above table, Charles LeClerc has been go kart champion twice, in 2011 and 2012. However, Max Verstappen has been champion on eight instances in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

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Now, the two are duking it out in Formula One, for Red Bull and Ferrari and have been involved in epic scraps.

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