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. The average difference between drivers is then converted to a percentage. Wet qualifying sessions were excluded.

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
0.042%

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
0.312%

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
0.604%

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
0.221%

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
0.148%

*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
0.205%

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
0.391%

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
0.161%

*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
0.034%

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
0.269%

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
0.034%
Hulkenberg

McLaren
Norris
0.042%
Piastri

Williams
Sainz
0.148%
Albon

Haas
Bearman
0.161%
Ocon

Racing Bulls
Hadjar
0.205%
Lawson

Ferrari
Leclerc
0.221%
Hamilton

Alpine
Gasly
0.269%
Colapinto

Mercedes
Russell
0.312%
Antonelli

Aston Martin
Alonso
0.391%
Stroll

Red Bull
Verstappen
0.604%
Tsunoda

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