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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 6 - Piastri 12
Average gap: Piastri ahead by 0.100s
Median gap: Piastri ahead by 0.015s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 13 - Hamilton 5
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.177s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.190s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 15 - Tsunoda 0
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.607s
Median gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.510s
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 16 - Antonelli 2
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.500s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.367s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 17 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.328s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.226s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 8 - Colapinto 2
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.262s
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 10 - Bearman 8
Average gap: Ocon ahead by 0.072s
Median gap: Ocon ahead by 0.065s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 3 - Hadjar 12
Average gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.185s
Median gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.169s
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 8 - Albon 9
Average gap: Albon ahead by 0.069s
Median gap: Albon ahead by 0.026s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 7 - Bortoleto 11
Average gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.042s
Median gap: Bortoleto ahead by 0.129s
