It's time to determine who was the fastest driver for every team on the 2025 grid. The easiest and simplest way to do this is by analyzing their one-lap performances in qualifying.
We're taking the best times from the qualifying sessions that both drivers participated in at each track. Wet qualifying sessions were excluded. The average difference between drivers is then converted to a gap on a normalized lap completed in 100 seconds.
McLaren
Category
Norris
Piastri
Poles
7
6
Front-row starts
15
11
Q3 appearances
24
24
Best qualifying position
1st (x7)
1st (x6)
Average qualifying position
2.96
3.04
Qualifying H2H wins
13
11
Faster
0.042s
Mercedes
Category
Russell
Antonelli
Poles
2
0
Front-row starts
3
1
Q3 appearances
23
16
Best qualifying position
1st (x2)
2nd
Average qualifying position
4.38
8.58
Qualifying H2H wins
21
3
Faster
0.312s
Red Bull
Category
Verstappen
Tsunoda
Poles
8
0
Front-row starts
12
0
Q3 appearances
23
9
Best qualifying position
1st (x8)
5th
Average qualifying position
3.50
12.58
Qualifying H2H wins
22
0
Faster
0.604s
Ferrari
Category
Leclerc
Hamilton
Poles
1
0
Front-row starts
5
0
Q3 appearances
23
15
Best qualifying position
1st
3rd
Average qualifying position
5.46
9.04
Qualifying H2H wins
19
5
Faster
0.221s
Williams
Category
Sainz
Albon
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
1
0
Q3 appearances
11
8
Best qualifying position
2nd
5th
Average qualifying position
10.61
12.65
Qualifying H2H wins
14-9
Faster
0.148s
*Both Williams drivers were disqualified from qualifying in Singapore
Racing Bulls
Category
Hadjar
Lawson
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
0
0
Q3 appearances
16
8
Best qualifying position
4th
3rd
Average qualifying position
9.67
12.54
Qualifying H2H wins
16
6
Faster
0.205s
Aston Martin
Category
Alonso
Stroll
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
0
0
Q3 appearances
13
2
Best qualifying position
5th (x2)
6th
Average qualifying position
10.38
15.96
Qualifying H2H wins
24
0
Faster
0.391s
Haas
Category
Bearman
Ocon
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
0
0
Q3 appearances
6
3
Best qualifying position
8th (x3)
8th (x2)
Average qualifying position
13.79
14.91
Qualifying H2H wins
13
10
Faster
0.161s
*Esteban Ocon was disqualified from qualifying in Azerbaijan
Sauber
Category
Bortoleto
Hulkenberg
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
0
0
Q3 appearances
5
1
Best qualifying position
7th (x2)
10th
Average qualifying position
14.21
14.88
Qualifying H2H wins
12
12
Faster
0.034s
Alpine
Category
Gasly
Colapinto
Poles
0
0
Front-row starts
0
0
Q3 appearances
10
0
Best qualifying position
5th
12th
Average qualifying position
13.42
16.94
Qualifying H2H wins
13
5
Faster
0.269s
Qualifying H2H records leaderboard
Team
Winner
Record
Loser
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso
24-0
Lance Stroll
Red Bull
Max Verstappen
22-0
Yuki Tsunoda
Red Bull
Max Verstappen
2-0
Liam Lawson
Mercedes
George Russell
21-3
Kimi Antonelli
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
19-5
Lewis Hamilton
Alpine
Pierre Gasly
13-5
Franco Colapinto
Alpine
Pierre Gasly
5-1
Jack Doohan
Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
16-6
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
1-1
Yuki Tsunoda
Williams
Carlos Sainz
14-9
Alex Albon
Haas
Oliver Bearman
13-10
Esteban Ocon
McLaren
Lando Norris
13-11
Oscar Piastri
Sauber
Gabriel Bortoleto
12-12
Nico Hulkenberg
Pace difference between teammates leaderboard
Team
Faster
Gap
Teammate
Sauber
Bortoleto
0.034s
Hulkenberg
McLaren
Norris
0.042s
Piastri
Williams
Sainz
0.148s
Albon
Haas
Bearman
0.161s
Ocon
Racing Bulls
Hadjar
0.205s
Lawson
Ferrari
Leclerc
0.221s
Hamilton
Alpine
Gasly
0.269s
Colapinto
Mercedes
Russell
0.312s
Antonelli
Aston Martin
Alonso
0.391s
Stroll
Red Bull
Verstappen
0.604s
Tsunoda
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