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 |
Daniel Valente is theScore's lead Formula 1 writer. Follow Daniel on X at @F1GuyDan.