George Russell vs Lewis Hamilton: 2024 head to head

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton over 24 rounds of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Russell qualified ahead 24–6 and finished ahead in 18 of the 26 races both completed, Hamilton in 8. On race pace Russell was 0.075 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Russell 245, Hamilton 223.

Season totals

 George RussellLewis Hamilton
Points245223
Qualified ahead246
Finished ahead (both finished)188
Quicker race pace1514
Average qualifying positionP5.3P8.3
Average grid positionP5.7P8.6
Average finishing positionP5.3P6.3
Places gained on lap 1-0.2+0.8
Places gained per race+0.5+1.9
Pace off the quickest of the race0.70%0.79%
Pace steadiness1.14%1.26%
Pit stops4141
Laps in dirty air17%28%
Finishes2728
Retirements32
Penalties24
Time penalties10 s10 s
Places lost to time penalties00
Points lost to time penalties00

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali RUS / HAMSprint RUS / HAMRace RUS / HAMRace pace
1Bahrain Grand PrixP3 / P9—P5 / P7RUS −0.210 s
2Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP7 / P8—P6 / P9HAM −0.057 s
3Australian Grand PrixP7 / P11—DNF / DNFRUS −0.574 s
4Japanese Grand PrixP9 / P7—P7 / P9HAM −0.080 s
5Chinese Grand PrixP8 / P18P8 / P2P6 / P9RUS −0.532 s
6Miami Grand PrixP7 / P8P12 / P16P8 / P6HAM −0.192 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP6 / P8—P7 / P6RUS −0.110 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP5 / P7—P5 / P7HAM −0.089 s
9Canadian Grand PrixP1 / P7—P3 / P4HAM −0.511 s
10Spanish Grand PrixP4 / P3—P4 / P3RUS −0.077 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP3 / P5P4 / P6P1 / P4RUS −0.360 s
12British Grand PrixP1 / P2—DNF / P1HAM −0.061 s
13Hungarian Grand PrixP17 / P5—P8 / P3HAM −0.246 s
14Belgian Grand PrixP7 / P4—DNF / P1HAM −0.058 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP4 / P11—P7 / P8HAM −0.192 s
16Italian Grand PrixP3 / P6—P7 / P5HAM −0.382 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP5 / P7—P3 / P9RUS −0.283 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP4 / P3—P4 / P6RUS −0.129 s
19United States Grand PrixP6 / P19P5 / P6P6 / DNF—
20Mexico City Grand PrixP5 / P6—P5 / P4HAM −0.261 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP2 / P16P6 / P11P4 / P10RUS −0.387 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP1 / P10—P1 / P2HAM −0.328 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP2 / P6P3 / P6P4 / P12RUS −0.516 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP7 / P18—P5 / P4RUS −0.918 s

Races and sprints count. Race pace is the median of the clean laps — no first lap, no laps into or out of the pits, nothing behind a safety car.

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