Season totals
Places and points: + gained, − lost. Time: − quicker, + slower. Green is in their favour, red against them.
| George Russell | Lewis Hamilton | |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 262 | 261 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Podiums | 8 | 7 |
| Poles | 5 | 1 |
| Best finish | P1 | P1 |
| Finishes in the points | 16 | 19 |
| Laps led | 237 | 42 |
| Fastest laps | 2 | 2 |
| Finishes | 17 | 19 |
| Retirements | 3 | 1 |
| Disqualifications | 0 | 0 |
| Qualified ahead (Grands Prix) | 12 | 8 |
| Qualifying gap (median) | −0.093 s | |
| Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished) | 10 | 6 |
| Qualified ahead (sprints) | 2 | 0 |
| Finished ahead in sprints (both finished) | 4 | 1 |
| Quicker race pace, lap against lap | 13 | 9 |
| Race pace gap a lap | −0.038 s | |
| Average qualifying position | P3.5 | P4.4 |
| Q3 appearances | 20 | 19 |
| Q1 exits | 0 | 0 |
| Average grid position | P4.1 | P4.1 |
| Average finishing position | P4.3 | P4.3 |
| Places gained on lap 1 | −1.1 | +0.2 |
| Places gained per race | −0.2 | +0.1 |
| Pace off the quickest of the race | 0.64% | 0.61% |
| Pace steadiness over the race | 1.21% | 1.62% |
| Pace steadiness within a stint | 0.50% | 0.56% |
| Pit stops | 32 | 39 |
| Time in the pit lane | 28.4 s | 24.7 s |
| Laps in dirty air | 22% | 23% |
| Penalties | 2 | 3 |
| Time penalties | +15 s | +15 s |
| Places to time penalties | −4 | −3 |
| Points to time penalties | −9 | −12 |
Round by round
| Rd | Grand Prix | Quali RUS / HAM | Sprint RUS / HAM | Race RUS / HAM | Race pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australian Grand Prix | P1 / P7 | — | P1 / P4 | HAM −0.019 s |
| 2 | Chinese Grand Prix | P2 / P3 | P1 / P3 | P2 / P3 | RUS −0.556 s |
| 3 | Japanese Grand Prix | P2 / P6 | — | P4 / P6 | RUS −0.195 s |
| 4 | Miami Grand Prix | P5 / P6 | P4 / P7 | P4 / P6 | RUS −0.161 s |
| 5 | Canadian Grand Prix | P1 / P5 | P1 / P6 | DNF / P2 | HAM −0.839 s |
| 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | P6 / P3 | — | P12 / P2 | HAM −0.806 s |
| 7 | Barcelona Grand Prix | P1 / P2 | — | P2 / P1 | HAM −0.370 s |
| 8 | Austrian Grand Prix | P1 / P3 | — | P1 / P5 | RUS −0.242 s |
| 9 | British Grand Prix | P4 / P3 | P4 / P2 | P2 / P3 | HAM −0.101 s |
| 10 | Belgian Grand Prix | P4 / P6 | — | DNF / P4 | — |
| 11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | P7 / P2 | — | P7 / P5 | HAM −0.735 s |
| 12 | Dutch Grand Prix | P2 / P5 | P1 / P7 | P3 / P4 | RUS −0.001 s |
| 13 | Italian Grand Prix | P2 / P5 | — | P2 / P6 | RUS −0.453 s |
| 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | P6 / P4 | — | P5 / DNF | RUS −2.702 s |
| 15 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | P1 / P6 | — | P1 / P6 | RUS −0.887 s |
| 16 | Bahrain Grand Prix | P8 / P2 | — | DNF / P3 | RUS −0.242 s |
| 17 | Singapore Grand Prix | P6 / P3 | DNF / P2 | P9 / P6 | HAM −0.792 s |
| 18 | United States Grand Prix | P6 / P5 | — | P8 / P4 | HAM −0.502 s |
| 19 | Mexico City Grand Prix | P2 / P1 | — | P6 / P2 | HAM −0.312 s |
| 20 | São Paulo Grand Prix | P2 / P11 | — | P4 / P9 | RUS −0.084 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.