Lewis Hamilton vs George Russell: 2026 head to head

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over 19 rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Hamilton qualified ahead 8–13 and finished ahead in 7 of the 20 races both completed, Russell in 13. On race pace Russell was 0.051 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Hamilton 259, Russell 250.

Season totals

 Lewis HamiltonGeorge Russell
Points259250
Qualified ahead813
Finished ahead (both finished)713
Quicker race pace1112
Average qualifying positionP4.3P3.3
Average grid positionP4.3P3.7
Average finishing positionP4.1P3.8
Places gained on lap 1+0.4-0.7
Places gained per race+0.20.0
Pace off the quickest of the race0.60%0.61%
Pace steadiness1.43%0.99%
Pit stops3630
Time in the pit lane24.6 s29.9 s
Laps in dirty air22%21%
Finishes2421
Retirements14
Penalties32
Time penalties15 s15 s
Places lost to time penalties34
Points lost to time penalties129

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali HAM / RUSSprint HAM / RUSRace HAM / RUSRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP7 / P1—P4 / P1RUS −0.224 s
2Chinese Grand PrixP3 / P2P3 / P1P3 / P2RUS −0.469 s
3Japanese Grand PrixP6 / P2—P6 / P4RUS −0.588 s
4Miami Grand PrixP6 / P5P7 / P4P6 / P4RUS −0.228 s
5Canadian Grand PrixP5 / P1P6 / P1P2 / DNFHAM −0.839 s
6Monaco Grand PrixP3 / P6—P2 / P12HAM −1.100 s
7Barcelona Grand PrixP2 / P1—P1 / P2HAM −0.887 s
8Austrian Grand PrixP3 / P1—P5 / P1RUS −0.221 s
9British Grand PrixP3 / P4P2 / P4P3 / P2HAM −0.345 s
10Belgian Grand PrixP6 / P4—P4 / DNF—
11Hungarian Grand PrixP2 / P7—P5 / P7HAM −0.556 s
12Dutch Grand PrixP5 / P2P7 / P1P4 / P3HAM −0.159 s
13Italian Grand PrixP5 / P2—P6 / P2RUS −0.483 s
14Spanish Grand PrixP4 / P6—DNF / P5RUS −2.702 s
15Azerbaijan Grand PrixP6 / P1—P6 / P1RUS −0.705 s
16Bahrain Grand PrixP2 / P8—P3 / DNFHAM −0.265 s
17Singapore Grand PrixP3 / P6P2 / DNFP6 / P9HAM −0.753 s
18United States Grand PrixP5 / P6—P4 / P8HAM −0.539 s
19Mexico City Grand PrixP1 / P2—P2 / P6HAM −0.342 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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