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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 7 - Piastri 12
Average gap: Piastri ahead by 0.088s
Median gap: Piastri ahead by 0.015s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 14 - Hamilton 5
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.174s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.161s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 16 - Tsunoda 0
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.603s
Median gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.540s
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 17 - Antonelli 2
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.474s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.367s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 18 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.324s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.243s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 8 - Colapinto 3
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.224s
Median gap: Gasly ahead by 0.238s
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 10 - Bearman 9
Average gap: Ocon ahead by 0.053s
Median gap: Bearman ahead by 0.031s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 3 - Hadjar 13
Average gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.196s
Median gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.234s
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 9 - Albon 9
Average gap: Albon ahead by 0.063s
Median gap: Albon ahead by 0.006s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 7 - Bortoleto 12
Average gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.049s
Median gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.130s
