F1 Teammate Head-to-Heads Since 2000: Whitewashes, Ties and Champions

We counted every teammate head-to-head in the 520 Grands Prix from the 2000 season to the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, using the official qualifying classifications and race results on formula1.com. That gives 5,413 qualifying comparisons and 3,562 race comparisons. Qualifying goes to the driver higher in the classification, before grid penalties; a driver who set no time loses it. The race goes to the driver who finished higher, counted only when both were classified, so a retirement removes the race.

The most one-sided F1 qualifying head-to-heads

Eleven times since 2000, one driver out-qualified a full-season teammate at every Grand Prix in which both had a qualifying result. Alonso's 24-0 over Stroll in 2025 is the longest run, every round of a 24-race season, the last of them at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Alonso owns three of the 11, with 21-0 over Stoffel Vandoorne at McLaren in 2018 and 18-0 over Nelson Piquet Jr. at Renault in 2008.

• Max Verstappen beat Yuki Tsunoda 22-0 in qualifying and 20-0 in races at Red Bull in 2025, from Tsunoda's arrival at the third round. Three other pairings swept both: Alexander Albon over Logan Sargeant at Williams in 2023 (22-0 and 15-0), Verstappen over Albon in 2020 (17-0 and 11-0) and Mark Webber over Alex Yoong at Minardi in 2002 (15-0 and 4-0).
• Albon is the only driver on both sides of a whitewash: beaten every time by Verstappen in 2020, unbeaten against Sargeant three years later.
• George Russell did it twice at Williams, 21-0 over Robert Kubica in 2019 and 16-0 over Nicholas Latifi in 2020.
• In races, the longest sweeps in a full season were Verstappen's 20-0 over Tsunoda in 2025, 19-0 over Sergio Pérez in 2024, Alonso's 17-0 over Felipe Massa at Ferrari in 2012 and Sebastian Vettel's 15-0 over Webber at Red Bull in 2013.

Does the better qualifier beat their teammate in the race?

Usually, but less often than the qualifying gap suggests. When both teammates made the finish, the one who qualified ahead stayed ahead in 2,436 of 3,540 cases, 69 percent. When they qualified next to each other in the order, it was 59 percent, not far above a coin flip; when seven or more places separated them, or one set no time, it rose to 81 percent.

The rate was 67 percent from 2000 to 2009, 66 percent in the 2010s and 73 percent from 2020 to 2026, so qualifying order has held up better at the finish in the current decade. Qualifying matters for the win as well, as our study of pole position shows, and how often cars fail to finish, which takes races out of these counts, is in our F1 reliability study.

The closest teammate battles: level in qualifying

Seven full-season pairings finished level in qualifying. Two of them were also level in races, Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutiérrez at Sauber in 2014 (9-9 and 5-5) and Esteban Ocon and Alonso at Alpine in 2021 (11-11 and 9-9).

• 2003, Renault: Alonso and Jarno Trulli, 8-8.
• 2006, Honda: Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, 9-9, with Button 10-2 in races.
• 2012, Mercedes: Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, 10-10, with Schumacher 7-3 in races.
• 2015, McLaren: Alonso and Button, 8-8.
• 2023, Mercedes: Russell and Lewis Hamilton, 11-11, with Hamilton 12-5 in races.

How F1 champions fared against their teammates

Of the 26 champions from 2000 to 2025, 22 out-qualified their teammate over the season, and together the champions won 353 of 502 qualifying head-to-heads, 70 percent. Four lost in qualifying and still took the title: Kimi Räikkönen 8-9 to Massa at Ferrari in 2007, Button 7-10 to Barrichello at Brawn in 2009, Hamilton 7-12 to Rosberg at Mercedes in 2014 and Rosberg 9-12 to Hamilton in 2016.

In races the record is stronger still. Rosberg in 2016 is the only champion since 2000 who finished behind the teammate more often than ahead, 9-10 in the races both finished. Verstappen's 23-1 in qualifying against Pérez in 2024 is the most lopsided champion's record, and came with a 19-0 race record; the only other champion unbeaten in races was Vettel, 15-0 against Webber in 2013. Lando Norris, the 2025 champion, had the closest one of the 26, 13-11 and 12-10 against Oscar Piastri.

Hamilton vs Rosberg, Verstappen vs Pérez and other famous head-to-heads

Totals over the seasons each pairing shared, qualifying first, then races where both finished:

• Hamilton vs Rosberg, Mercedes, 2014-2016: 31-28 in qualifying and 31-19 in races for Hamilton. Rosberg won the 2014 qualifying battle 12-7, Hamilton the next two 12-7 and 12-9. With 2013 added, 42-36 and 39-27.
• Verstappen vs Pérez, Red Bull, 2021-2024: 81-9 and 69-7 for Verstappen, who won the title in all four seasons.
• Vettel vs Webber, Red Bull, 2009-2013: 70-23 and 57-19 for Vettel.
• Schumacher vs Barrichello, Ferrari, 2000-2005: 79-25 and 57-14 for Schumacher.
• Hamilton vs Bottas, Mercedes, 2017-2021: 69-31 and 66-24 for Hamilton.
• Hamilton vs Alonso, McLaren, 2007: Hamilton 9-8 in qualifying, Alonso 9-6 in races; Räikkönen won the title by a point from both.
• Norris vs Piastri, McLaren, 2023-2026: 59-28 and 49-26 for Norris.

F1 teammate head-to-heads in 2026 after the Singapore Grand Prix

After 17 of the 23 rounds, Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell 10-7 in qualifying and 10-5 in races at Mercedes, and leads the championship by 102 points, 340 to 238, in formula1.com's standings. It reverses 2025, Antonelli's first season, when Russell won 21-3 and 17-3. Verstappen won in Singapore on October 11, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Antonelli, in the official result.

Leclerc and Hamilton have the closest pairing of the season at Ferrari, 9-8 in qualifying and 7-7 in races, after Leclerc won 19-5 and 18-3 in 2025. Norris leads Piastri 11-6 and 7-4. At Red Bull, Verstappen leads Isack Hadjar 10-3 in qualifying; Liam Lawson replaced Hadjar at the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix, the first of them after Hadjar's wrist injury, and was out-qualified all three times, while Yuki Tsunoda took Lawson's Racing Bulls seat for those rounds. Alonso leads Stroll 13-2 in qualifying, but the two Aston Martins have finished together only four times.

In 2026 the better qualifier has finished ahead in 87 of 124 cases, 70 percent, close to the long-run rate. The next round is the United States Grand Prix, October 23 to 25, on formula1.com's calendar; the full schedule is on our F1 schedule and the points table on our F1 standings. Where the title can be settled is in our title-clinch scenarios.

F1 teammate head-to-head: frequently asked questions

What is a teammate head-to-head in F1? A count of how often each of two teammates finished ahead of the other, in qualifying and in races, the most direct comparison of two drivers in the same car.

What is the biggest qualifying head-to-head win in F1? Since 2000, Fernando Alonso's 24-0 over Lance Stroll at Aston Martin in 2025. Max Verstappen over Yuki Tsunoda and Alexander Albon over Logan Sargeant both finished 22-0.

Has an F1 champion lost the head-to-head to a teammate? In qualifying, four since 2000: Räikkönen in 2007, Button in 2009, Hamilton in 2014 and Rosberg in 2016. In races, only Rosberg in 2016, 9-10 to Hamilton.

Who is winning the Mercedes head-to-head in 2026? Kimi Antonelli, 10-7 in qualifying and 10-5 in races against George Russell after the Singapore Grand Prix.

How this was built: the official qualifying classification and race result of all 520 Formula 1 Grands Prix from 2000 to the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, from formula1.com, with final standings for each season's champion. Teammates are the two drivers of a team at the same Grand Prix. Qualifying: higher in the classification wins, and a driver with no time loses to one with a time; a race where one driver is missing from the qualifying page is left out. Races: compared only when both drivers were classified. Full season: the pairing met in at least 75 percent of that season's Grands Prix. Sprints are excluded. The 2026 pages were read on October 12, 2026; Hadjar's injury is from Autosport.