Formula 1’s 2025 grid features eight new driver pairings and so the battles for supremacy at each team are set to prove particularly fascinating this year.
Check back here after each race weekend in the season for the latest scores to see which driver at each team is ahead in the qualifying, race and championship points head-to-heads…
Statistics correct up to and including the Spanish Grand Prix on June 1.
Lando Norris vs Oscar Piastri – McLaren
Into their third season as team-mates, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri took McLaren to their first Constructors’ Championship title in 26 years in 2024 and are now each determined to become drivers’ champion for the first time this time around. But who will ultimately come out on top in the head to head and will it yield the sport’s ultimate prize?
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Norris 4-5 Piastri
Sprint: Norris 0-2 Piastri
RACE
Grand Prix: Norris 4-5 Piastri
Sprint: Norris 1-1 Piastri
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Norris 176-186 Piastri
Placing: Norris 2nd-1st Piastri
Charles Leclerc vs Lewis Hamilton – Ferrari
The team-mate head to head which has been most eagerly anticipated ever since Lewis Hamilton stunned F1 by signing for Ferrari from this season. Will it be the 40-year-old seven-time world champion or Ferrari’s long-time protege who wins the key battles in year one?
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Leclerc 7-2 Hamilton
Sprint: Leclerc 1-1 Hamilton
RACE
Grand Prix: Leclerc 7-1 Hamilton*
Sprint: Leclerc 0-2 Hamilton
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Leclerc 94-71 Hamilton
Placing: Leclerc 5th-6th Hamilton
*no score awarded for Chinese GP as both drivers were disqualified
Max Verstappen vs Yuki Tsunoda – Red Bull
Yuki Tsunoda is the next driver to take on four-time world champion Max Verstappen, parachuted into the Red Bull seat from Racing Bulls from the third round in Bahrain with Liam Lawson demoted after just two races following struggles in the RB21 car.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Verstappen 7-0 Tsunoda
Sprint: Verstappen 1-0 Tsunoda
RACE
Grand Prix: Verstappen 7-0 Tsunoda
Sprint: Verstappen 0-1 Tsunoda
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Verstappen 137-10 Tsunoda
Placing: Verstappen 3rd-15th Tsunoda
Lawson was demoted to Racing Bulls after failing to handle a Red Bull car.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Verstappen 2-0 Lawson
Sprint: Verstappen 1-0 Lawson
RACE
Grand Prix: Verstappen 2-0 Lawson
Sprint: Verstappen 1-0 Lawson
George Russell vs Kimi Antonelli – Mercedes
After three years faring well up against the illustrious Hamilton, George Russell has experienced something of a role reversal for 2025 with the Briton now Mercedes’ experienced hand up against teenage rookie Kimi Antonelli. Like Russell, Antonelli is a graduate of the team’s young driver programme and performing well against Russell will bode well for his nascent career.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Russell 8-1 Antonelli
Sprint: Russell 1-1 Antonelli
RACE
Grand Prix: Russell 9-0 Antonelli
Sprint: Russell 2-0 Antonelli
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Russell 111-48 Antonelli
Placing: Russell 4th-7th Antonelli
Fernando Alonso vs Lance Stroll – Aston Martin
Aston Martin’s pairing are in their third year in tandem. Two-time champion Fernando Alonso has unsurprisingly dominated the intra-team battle up to now, but Lance Stroll will be keen to close the gap in the new campaign in a year the team are hoping to make a step forward again after the disappointment of 2024.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Alonso 9-0 Stroll
Sprint: Alonso 1-1 Stroll
RACE
Grand Prix: Alonso 6-3 Stroll
Sprint: Alonso 0-2 Stroll
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Alonso 2-14 Stroll
Placing: Alonso 18th-12th Stroll
Pierre Gasly vs Franco Colapinto – Alpine
Franco Colapinto became Pierre Gasly’s team-mate from the seventh round in Imola after he replaced Jack Doohan, who was dropped.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Gasly 3-0 Colapinto
Sprint: Gasly 0-0 Colapinto
RACE
Grand Prix: Gasly 2-1 Colapinto
Sprint: Gasly 0-0 Colapinto
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Gasly 11-0 Colapinto
Placing: Gasly 14th-21st Colapinto
Doohan spent the opening six events as Gasly’s team-mate.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Gasly 5-1 Doohan
Sprint: Gasly 1-1 Doohan
RACE
Grand Prix: Gasly 4-1 Doohan*
Sprint: Gasly 2-0 Doohan
*no score awarded for Chinese GP as Gasly was disqualified
Esteban Ocon vs Oliver Bearman – Haas
The Haas team’s all-new pairing represents an intriguing mix between the experience of race winner and four-time podium finisher Esteban Ocon and the youth of Oliver Bearman, who impressed in three stand-in drives for the team and backers Ferrari in 2024.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Ocon 7-2 Bearman
Sprint: Ocon 1-1 Bearman
RACE
Grand Prix: Ocon 6-3 Bearman
Sprint: Ocon 0-2 Bearman
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Ocon 20-6 Bearman
Placing: Ocon 10th-16th Bearman
Liam Lawson vs Isack Hadjar – Racing Bulls
After just two races alongside Tsunoda before the Japanese driver’s unexpected call-up to the senior Red Bull team, Isack Hadjar’s rookie season of F1 will now be measured against the only slightly more experienced Liam Lawson, who is swiftly back at Racing Bulls for what is already his third different stint at the junior squad.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Lawson 1-6 Hadjar
Sprint: Lawson 0-1 Hadjar
RACE
Grand Prix: Lawson 0-7 Hadjar
Sprint: Lawson 0-1 Hadjar
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Lawson 4-21 Hadjar
Placing: Lawson 17th-9th Hadjar
Tsuonda was Hadjar’s team-mate for the first two race weekends in Australia and China.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Tsunoda 1-1 Hadjar
Sprint: Tsunoda 1-0 Hadjar
RACE
Grand Prix: Tsunoda 0-1 Hadjar*
Sprint: Tsunoda 1-0 Hadjar
* No score awarded for Australian GP as Hadjar crashed on formation lap and did not start race
Alex Albon vs Carlos Sainz – Williams
Williams have their strongest driver pairing for years after four-time race winner Carlos Sainz’s winter arrival from Ferrari and the match-up with Alex Albon is going to be one that is closely monitored all season to see which of the highly-rated pair comes out ahead.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Albon 5-4 Sainz
Sprint: Albon 2-0 Sainz
RACE
Grand Prix: Albon 7-2 Sainz
Sprint: Albon 2-0 Sainz
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Albon 42-12 Sainz
Placing: Albon 8th-13th Sainz
Nico Hulkenberg vs Gabriel Bortoleto – Sauber
Like rivals Haas, Sauber field a completely new line-up for this year and one which blends experience with rookie youth. Nico Hulkenberg is a reliable yardstick for Gabriel Bortoleto, the reigning F2 champion, to measure himself against.
QUALIFYING
Grand Prix: Hulkenberg 5-4 Bortoleto
Sprint: Hulkenberg 1-1 Bortoleto
RACE
Grand Prix: Hulkenberg 6-2 Bortoleto*
Sprint: Hulkenberg 1-1 Bortoleto
CHAMPIONSHIP
Points: Hulkenberg 16-0 Bortoleto
Placing: Hulkenberg 11th-19th Bortoleto
*no score awarded for Bahrain GP as Hulkenberg was disqualified
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