The first rule of Formula 1 is simple: Always beat your
team-mate. And in F1 2024, that’s no different for everyone on the grid.
It could be argued that Formula 1 is the most selfish
team sport in the world, with drivers working in the interests of their team
but, ultimately, looking to further their own interests first and foremost. And
with the only true barometer of individual performance on the other side of the
garage, race head-to-head records are a crucial way in which drivers are
measured against each other alongside the points they score come the end of the
season. Let’s take a look.
F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Red Bull
Max Verstappen 20-1 Sergio Perez
Sprint: Max Verstappen 5-0 Sergio Perez
Given that Max Verstappen won
19 of the 22 races last season, for Sergio Perez to have registered a win
against him in this category he would almost certainly have had to have stood
on the top step of the podium.
He did so twice in the first four races of 2023, but
Verstappen finished ahead at all of the others, making a 20-2 head-to-head
record. Perez above all others will want to address that in 2024.
F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton 8-13 George Russell*
Sprint: Lewis Hamilton 1-4 George Russell
While Lewis Hamilton and
George Russell held the closest qualifying record of any driver pairing in
2023, their one-lap record ending 11-11 last time around, it was Hamilton who
held the upper hand on Sundays with a 15-6 record, which would’ve been 16-6 had
he not been disqualified from second place in Austin.
Hamilton will be looking to head to Ferrari showing he is
still Mercedes’ top driver, while Russell is looking to prove he is worthy of
the mantle of the Silver Arrows’ next team leader.
*Russell crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix on
lap 57, but was a classified finisher in 17th place so his result stands.
Russell was also disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix, with the win (and
the point) going to Hamilton.
F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Ferrari
Carlos Sainz 6-13 Charles Leclerc*
Sprint: Carlos Sainz 2-3 Charles Leclerc
Oliver Bearman 0-1 Charles Leclerc
While Charles Leclerc often held the upper hand in
qualifying over Carlos Sainz last season, in races it was often a different
story. Leclerc held a 15-7 record in qualifying in 2023, but in races, he was
only 11-9 ahead (with Qatar and Austin excluded after a Sainz DNS and Leclerc
DSQ respectively).
This Ferrari pairing has been very evenly-matched in
their time together overall, with Leclerc 2-1 ahead in terms of who has come
out on top in the Drivers’ Championship – finishing just six points ahead of
Sainz last season.
Sainz was replaced by Ferrari reserve Oliver Bearman for
the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being ruled out through illness.
*Neither driver finished the Canadian Grand Prix.
F1 2024 head-to-head race record: McLaren
Lando Norris 14-7 Oscar Piastri
Sprint: Lando Norris 3-2 Oscar Piastri
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