WITH seven rounds in the books and seven still to come, it feels like an appropriate time to check in on how the various sets of 2026 Supercars teammates are matching up.

Besides championship position, comparing head-to-head qualifying records is a favoured measure for determining which driver is extracting more from their machine.

And, it has to be said, there aren’t a whole heap of close-fought battles going on.

Here’s where things stand through 22 races, ranked from most evenly matched to least…

Matt Stone Racing: Jack Le Brocq 11, Zach Bates 11

Full marks to Bates here, given he’s a rookie going up against a seasoned veteran.

‘JLB’ is fractionally ahead on qualifying average, but it’s in race conditions where he has really put his experience to use.

Blanchard Racing Team: Aaron Cameron 12, James Golding 10

BRT started the year on fire before gradually sliding down the pecking order.

Both drivers have tended to qualify well, but Golding is well ahead on points accumulated.

Pic: Ross Gibb

Walkinshaw TWG Racing: Ryan Wood 15, Chaz Mostert 7

Wood started this qualifying trend last year and has run with it through the Toyota transition.

Just 24 points separate these two in the championship though, making them the most evenly matched teammates by that metric.

Tickford Racing: Cam Waters 16, Thomas Randle 6

This scoreline had read a slightly closer 11-5 before Waters roared to form in Darwin and Townsville.

Triple Eight: Broc Feeney 16, Will Brown 6, Jackson Walls 0

After being trounced 32-2 by Feeney last year, Brown has made some definite inroads in 2026.

It was always going to be a tough task for rookie Walls, especially operating from the other end of pitlane in a customer capacity, but he has on occasion beaten one of the Red Bulls.

Brad Jones Racing: André Heimgartner 15, Cameron Hill 5, Macauley Jones 2

Tassie aside, it has been a somewhat tricky start to life with the Supra for Brad Jones Racing.

But hats off to Heimgartner, who has found a bit of a mojo against Hill – who’s previously proven to be very speedy – after being outdone by Bryce Fullwood more than expected in 2025.

Erebus Motorsport: Cooper Murray 17, Jobe Stewart 5

It has been slim pickings thus far for Erebus, with Murray the man most likely to threaten the top 10. The #99 driver is responsible each of the team’s best six qualifying results to this point.

PremiAir Racing: Jayden Ojeda 17, Declan Fraser 5

Keep in mind that two on Fraser’s scoreboard are from Albert Park sessions where Ojeda did not take part.

Ojeda ranks second on qualifying averages among the eight Chevrolet drivers and has delivered all seven of PremiAir’s top 10 starts this year.

Team 18: Anton De Pasquale 18, David Reynolds 4

Reynolds was Team 18’s lead qualifier for the most recent race in Townsville. He also got ahead once at each of Albert Park, Symmons Plains and Hidden Valley; other than that it’s been one-way traffic in De Pasquale’s favour.

Grove Racing: Matt Payne 21, Kai Allen 1

The one chink in Allen’s armour has been the extent to which he has been outqualified by Payne.

It has happened on 19 occasions in a row, in which time Payne has recorded 14 top-three starts to Allen’s none.

Dick Johnson Racing: Brodie Kostecki 21, Todd Hazelwood 1, Rylan Gray 0

The rookie versus the champ scenario was always going to leave Gray with his work cut out, and he remains the only driver in a two-horse race without a score on the board – even including the day that Kostecki missed.

The positive is that the 2025 Super2 title winner has been making steady progress, as evidenced by his maiden Top 10 Shootout appearance in Townsville.