Charles Leclerc vs Lewis Hamilton: 2025 head to head

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Leclerc qualified ahead 23–7 and finished ahead in 20 of the 25 races both completed, Hamilton in 5. On race pace Leclerc was 0.623 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Leclerc 232, Hamilton 148.

Season totals

 Charles LeclercLewis Hamilton
Points232148
Qualified ahead237
Finished ahead (both finished)205
Quicker race pace235
Average qualifying positionP5.7P9.3
Average grid positionP5.6P9.8
Average finishing positionP5.3P7.2
Places gained on lap 1+0.1+0.7
Places gained per race+0.4+2.7
Pace off the quickest of the race1.48%2.15%
Pace steadiness1.82%1.98%
Pit stops4146
Laps in dirty air19%26%
Finishes2526
Retirements54
Penalties12
Time penalties5 s15 s
Places lost to time penalties02
Points lost to time penalties04

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali LEC / HAMSprint LEC / HAMRace LEC / HAMRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP7 / P8—P8 / P10LEC −0.231 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP6 / P5P5 / P1DNF / DNFLEC −0.120 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP4 / P8—P4 / P7LEC −0.885 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP3 / P9—P4 / P5LEC −0.301 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP4 / P7—P3 / P7LEC −0.280 s
6Miami Grand PrixP8 / P12DNF / P3P7 / P8HAM −0.005 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP11 / P12—P6 / P4LEC −0.773 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP2 / P4—P2 / P5LEC −0.385 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP7 / P5—P3 / P6LEC −0.484 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP8 / P5—P5 / P6LEC −0.520 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP2 / P4—P3 / P4LEC −0.321 s
12British Grand PrixP6 / P5—P14 / P4LEC −7.253 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP3 / P16P4 / P15P3 / P7LEC −0.572 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP1 / P12—P4 / P12LEC −1.421 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP6 / P7—DNF / DNFLEC −0.937 s
16Italian Grand PrixP4 / P5—P4 / P6LEC −0.336 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP10 / P12—P9 / P8LEC −0.316 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP7 / P6—P6 / P8HAM −0.694 s
19United States Grand PrixP3 / P5P5 / P4P3 / P4LEC −0.335 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP2 / P3—P2 / P8HAM −0.040 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP3 / P13P5 / P7DNF / DNF—
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP9 / P20—P4 / P8LEC −0.704 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP10 / P18P13 / P17P8 / P12LEC −0.139 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP5 / P16—P4 / P8LEC −0.787 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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