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The 2025 Formula 1 season presents 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, featuring 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 4 - Piastri 8
Average gap: Piastri ahead by 0.155s
Median gap: Piastri ahead by 0.152s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 8 - Hamilton 4
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.156s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.190s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 9 - Tsunoda 0
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.739s
Median gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.663s
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 10 - Antonelli 2
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.288s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.380s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 11 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.378s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.335s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 3 - Colapinto 1
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.141s
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 7 - Bearman 5
Average gap: Ocon ahead by 0.146s
Median gap: Ocon ahead by 0.140s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 1 - Hadjar 8
Average gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.267s
Median gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.302s
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 4 - Albon 7
Average gap: Albon ahead by 0.165s
Median gap: Albon ahead by 0.159s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 7 - Bortoleto 5
Average gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.107s
Median gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.042s
