Lewis Hamilton vs Alexander Albon: 2025 head to head

Lewis Hamilton and Alexander Albon over 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season. Hamilton qualified ahead 17–7 and finished ahead in 13 of the 17 races both completed, Albon in 4. In qualifying Hamilton was 0.261 s quicker on the median (0.37%). On race pace Hamilton was 0.422 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Hamilton 148, Albon 73.

Season totals

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

 Lewis HamiltonAlexander Albon
Points14873
Wins00
Podiums00
Poles00
Best finishP4P5
Finishes in the points1811
Laps led21
Fastest laps21
Finishes2120
Retirements24
Disqualifications10
Qualified ahead (Grands Prix)177
Qualifying gap (median)−0.261 s
Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished)134
Qualified ahead (sprints)42
Finished ahead in sprints (both finished)51
Quicker race pace, lap against lap236
Race pace gap a lap−0.422 s
Average qualifying positionP9.0P12.9
Q3 appearances158
Q1 exits47
Average grid positionP9.6P12.9
Average finishing positionP7.0P9.7
Places gained on lap 1+0.5+0.7
Places gained per race+2.7+3.3
Pace off the quickest of the race2.15%2.41%
Pace steadiness over the race1.98%2.03%
Pace steadiness within a stint0.42%0.51%
Pit stops4643
Laps in dirty air26%31%
Penalties24
Time penalties+15 s+30 s
Places to time penalties−2−2
Points to time penalties−4—

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali HAM / ALBSprint HAM / ALBRace HAM / ALBRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP8 / P6—P10 / P5ALB −0.048 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP5 / P10P1 / P11DSQ / P7HAM −0.902 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP8 / P9—P7 / P9HAM −0.170 s
4Bahrain Grand PrixP9 / P15—P5 / P12HAM −0.790 s
5Saudi Arabian Grand PrixP7 / P11—P7 / P9HAM −0.599 s
6Miami Grand PrixP12 / P7P3 / P11P8 / P5ALB −0.105 s
7Emilia Romagna Grand PrixP12 / P7—P4 / P5ALB −0.173 s
8Monaco Grand PrixP4 / P10—P5 / P9HAM −1.346 s
9Spanish Grand PrixP5 / P11—P6 / DNFHAM −1.012 s
10Canadian Grand PrixP5 / P10—P6 / P20HAM −0.697 s
11Austrian Grand PrixP4 / P12—P4 / DNFHAM −0.453 s
12British Grand PrixP5 / P14—P4 / P8HAM −0.132 s
13Belgian Grand PrixP16 / P5P15 / P16P7 / P6HAM −0.003 s
14Hungarian Grand PrixP12 / P20—P12 / P15HAM −0.108 s
15Dutch Grand PrixP7 / P15—DNF / P5HAM −0.428 s
16Italian Grand PrixP5 / P14—P6 / P7HAM −0.204 s
17Azerbaijan Grand PrixP12 / P19—P8 / P13HAM −0.717 s
18Singapore Grand PrixP6 / P19—P8 / P14HAM −1.581 s
19United States Grand PrixP5 / P19P4 / P6P4 / P14HAM −0.457 s
20Mexico City Grand PrixP3 / P17—P8 / P12HAM −1.094 s
21São Paulo Grand PrixP13 / P12P7 / P17DNF / P11HAM −0.105 s
22Las Vegas Grand PrixP20 / P16—P8 / DNFALB −0.294 s
23Qatar Grand PrixP18 / P15P17 / P10P12 / P11ALB −0.058 s
24Abu Dhabi Grand PrixP16 / P17—P8 / P16HAM −0.104 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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