George Russell vs Lewis Hamilton: 2025 head to head

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Russell qualified ahead 20–4 and finished ahead in 16 of the 21 races both completed, Hamilton in 5. In qualifying Russell was 0.220 s quicker on the median (0.31%). On race pace Russell was 0.190 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Russell 294, Hamilton 148.

Season totals

Places and points: + gained, − lost. Time: − quicker, + slower. Green is in their favour, red against them.

 George RussellLewis Hamilton
Points294148
Wins20
Podiums90
Poles20
Best finishP1P4
Finishes in the points2218
Laps led1032
Fastest laps32
Finishes2421
Retirements02
Disqualifications01
Qualified ahead (Grands Prix)204
Qualifying gap (median)−0.220 s
Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished)165
Qualified ahead (sprints)51
Finished ahead in sprints (both finished)42
Quicker race pace, lap against lap199
Race pace gap a lap−0.190 s
Average qualifying positionP4.4P9.0
Q3 appearances2315
Q1 exits04
Average grid positionP4.5P9.6
Average finishing positionP4.5P7.0
Places gained on lap 1−0.7+0.5
Places gained per race−0.2+2.7
Pace off the quickest of the race2.75%2.15%
Pace steadiness over the race1.55%1.98%
Pace steadiness within a stint0.32%0.42%
Pit stops4546
Laps in dirty air17%26%
Penalties12
Time penalties—+15 s
Places to time penalties—−2
Points to time penalties—−4

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali RUS / HAMSprint RUS / HAMRace RUS / HAMRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP4 / P8—P3 / P10RUS −0.892 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP2 / P5P4 / P1P3 / DSQHAM −0.100 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP5 / P8—P5 / P7RUS −0.073 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP2 / P9—P2 / P5RUS −0.303 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP3 / P7—P5 / P7RUS −0.357 s
6Miami Grand PrixP5 / P12P4 / P3P3 / P8RUS −0.261 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP3 / P12—P7 / P4RUS −0.131 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP14 / P4—P11 / P5HAM −2.025 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP4 / P5—P4 / P6HAM −0.019 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP1 / P5—P1 / P6RUS −0.504 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP5 / P4—P5 / P4HAM −0.644 s
12British Grand PrixP4 / P5—P10 / P4HAM −0.181 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP6 / P16P12 / P15P5 / P7RUS −0.132 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP4 / P12—P3 / P12RUS −1.232 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP5 / P7—P4 / DNF—
16Italian Grand PrixP6 / P5—P5 / P6HAM −0.014 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP5 / P12—P2 / P8RUS −0.468 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP1 / P6—P1 / P8RUS −0.333 s
19United States Grand PrixP4 / P5P2 / P4P6 / P4HAM −0.140 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP4 / P3—P7 / P8HAM −0.088 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP6 / P13P3 / P7P4 / DNFRUS −0.518 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP4 / P20—P2 / P8RUS −0.411 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP4 / P18P2 / P17P6 / P12RUS −0.514 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP4 / P16—P5 / P8RUS −0.052 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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