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The 2025 Formula 1 season presented 30 opportunities to compare drivers against their team-mates at full tilt over one lap - 24 grand prix qualifying sessions and six sprint qualifyings.
Our team-by-team breakdown of the qualifying match-ups below features a head-to-head comparison, an average of the gaps taken from the last representative segment in qualifying that both relevant drivers took part in - and a median (the middle value in the dataset, or the average of the two middle values if the overall number of values is even) of those same gaps in order to control for major outliers.
McLaren
Lando Norris versus Oscar Piastri
Head-to-head: Norris 15 - Piastri 15
Average gap: Norris ahead by 0.031s
Median gap: Norris ahead by 0.008s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 23 - Hamilton 7
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.255s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.190s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 26 - Tsunoda 1
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.735s
Median gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.547s
Max Verstappen versus Liam Lawson
Head-to-head: Verstappen 3 - Lawson 0
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.880s
Median gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.813s
Mercedes
George Russell versus Kimi Antonelli
Head-to-head: Russell 25 - Antonelli 5
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.453s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.350s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 29 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.398s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.374s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 17 - Colapinto 5
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.303s
Median gap: Gasly ahead by 0.253s
Pierre Gasly versus Jack Doohan
Head-to-head: Gasly 6 - Doohan 2
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.367s
Median gap: Gasly ahead by 0.460s
Haas
Esteban Ocon versus Ollie Bearman
Head-to-head: Ocon 12 - Bearman 17
Average gap: Bearman ahead by 0.087s
Median gap: Bearman ahead by 0.159s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 6 - Hadjar 21
Average gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.191s
Median gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.206s
Yuki Tsunoda versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Tsunoda 2 - Hadjar 1
Average gap: Tsunoda ahead by 0.197s
Median gap: Tsunoda ahead by 0.197s
Williams
Carlos Sainz versus Alex Albon
Head-to-head: Sainz 17 - Albon 12
Average gap: Sainz ahead by 0.082s
Median gap: Sainz ahead by 0.085s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 14 - Bortoleto 15
Average gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.066s
Median gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.063s
