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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 14 - Piastri 15
Average gap: Norris ahead by 0.032s
Median gap: Norris ahead by 0.012s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 22 - Hamilton 7
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.256s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.161s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 25 - 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 24 - Antonelli 5
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.457s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.350s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 28 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.404s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.376s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 16 - Colapinto 5
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.297s
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 11 - Bearman 17
Average gap: Bearman ahead by 0.091s
Median gap: Bearman ahead by 0.172s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 6 - Hadjar 20
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 16 - Albon 12
Average gap: Sainz ahead by 0.077s
Median gap: Sainz ahead by 0.070s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 14 - Bortoleto 14
Average gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.071s
Median gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.063s
