The closest and the most one-sided team-mate pairings

Published Invalid Date · figures as of the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, round 17.

The fairest comparison in Formula 1 is between two drivers in the same car. This site keeps a head-to-head for every pairing since 1950: who finished ahead in races where both were classified, and who qualified ahead where both set a time. Over the 97 pairings that shared a car for 30 races or more, these are the two ends of the scale.

Evenly matched

Team-mates	Seasons	Ahead in races	Ahead in qualifying
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell	2022 to 2024	34 to 34	28 to 38 (Russell)
Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr	2015 to 2016	19 to 19	20 to 18 (Ericsson)
Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher	2001 to 2004	27 to 26 (Montoya)	30 to 31 (Schumacher)
Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon	2023 to 2024	21 to 22 (Ocon)	22 to 18 (Gasly)
Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz	2025 to 2026	20 to 19 (Albon)	13 to 26 (Sainz)
Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil	2011, 2013	19 to 18 (di Resta)	21 to 17 (di Resta)

Hamilton and Russell split their 68 shared races exactly, 34 each, although Russell out-qualified Hamilton 38 to 28 over the three seasons. Albon and Sainz are the opposite case: Sainz has been the faster qualifier, 26 to 13, and Albon the better finisher, 20 to 19.

One-sided

Team-mates	Seasons	Ahead in races	Ahead in qualifying
Jenson Button and Takuma Sato	2003 to 2005	26 to 3	25 to 9
Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez	2021 to 2024	79 to 11	70 to 13
Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant	2023 to 2024	29 to 5	33 to 1
Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa	2010 to 2013	65 to 12	59 to 18
Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella	2005 to 2006	28 to 6	27 to 9
Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine	1996 to 1999	41 to 12	54 to 4

Verstappen’s 79 to 11 over Pérez is the most one-sided result among the long pairings, and the 90 shared races make it the longest in the table. Schumacher’s 54 to 4 in qualifying against Eddie Irvine is the widest qualifying margin.

How to read these numbers

A race counts only when both drivers were classified, so retirements do not inflate a score.
Qualifying counts when both set a time, and uses the best time of the session, not the grid place after penalties.
The site also shows the same head-to-head season by season, and milestones at 10, 25, 50 and 75 shared races, on each pairing’s comparison page.

Every pairing is listed on the comparison index; the current season’s head-to-heads, including pairings of fewer than 30 races, are on the team-mates page.