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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 7
Average gap: Piastri ahead by 0.120s
Median gap: Piastri ahead by 0.103s
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc versus Lewis Hamilton
Head-to-head: Leclerc 8 - Hamilton 3
Average gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.184s
Median gap: Leclerc ahead by 0.218s
Red Bull
Max Verstappen versus Yuki Tsunoda
Head-to-head: Verstappen 8 - Tsunoda 0
Average gap: Verstappen ahead by 0.778s
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 9 - Antonelli 2
Average gap: Russell ahead by 0.268s
Median gap: Russell ahead by 0.322s
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso versus Lance Stroll
Head-to-head: Alonso 10 - Stroll 1
Average gap: Alonso ahead by 0.372s
Median gap: Alonso ahead by 0.226s
Alpine
Pierre Gasly versus Franco Colapinto
Head-to-head: Gasly 3 - Colapinto 0
Average gap: Gasly ahead by 0.428s
Median gap: Gasly ahead by 0.428s
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 4
Average gap: Ocon ahead by 0.190s
Median gap: Ocon ahead by 0.141s
Racing Bulls
Liam Lawson versus Isack Hadjar
Head-to-head: Lawson 1 - Hadjar 7
Average gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.261s
Median gap: Hadjar ahead by 0.254s
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 6
Average gap: Albon ahead by 0.151s
Median gap: Albon ahead by 0.106s
Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg versus Gabriel Bortoleto
Head-to-head: Hulkenberg 6 - Bortoleto 5
Average gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.111s
Median gap: Hulkenberg ahead by 0.031s
