As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
George Russell · Lewis Hamilton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.061s
George Russell faster by the median gap over 68 sessions
2022
+0.030s
22
2023
−0.020s
22
2024
−0.190s
24
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
61
—
100
161 shared
Qualifying H2H
70
—
88
158 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
3
1
Top-3 finishes
12
P2
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
4 · 4
2024
P6
2025
P4
2019
P1
2020
P1
2021
P2
2022
P4
2023
P3
2026
P2
Teammate battle by season
12
10
2022
7
15
2023
15
9
2024
Career totals
George Russell
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
0
7
Wins
7
106
Poles
12
104
Podiums
29
207
Fastest laps
11
69
Career points
1,081
5,096.5
Starts
162
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
George Russell
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
4.3%
27.2%
Podium rate
17.9%
53.1%
Pole rate
7.4%
26.7%
Points / start
6.7
13.1
Avg grid
P8.8
P4.7
Avg finish
P9.4
P5.2
Finish rate
88.9%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
George Russell
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
1,169
2,424
Overtakes / race
7.3
6.3
Places lost
1,067
2,145
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
George Russell
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
5
10
Crash retirements
7
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 6 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2019
Debut season
2007
2022 · aged 24
First win
2007 · aged 22
2022
First pole
2007
—
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.5
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
George Russell
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | George Russell | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 3 · P2 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 6 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 10 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · P10 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 10 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P15 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 0 · 0 · P14 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Baku City Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jeddah Corniche Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Losail International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Miami International Autodrome | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).