The 2026 Formula One season has produced a detailed picture of how teammates have fared against each other across qualifying, sprint and race sessions for all eleven teams on the grid. By collating the latest results from each weekend, a clear head‑to‑head record emerges for every driver pairing, showing who has been the stronger performer in each discipline and how the points battle is shaping up as the championship progresses.
Starting with the McLaren duo, Lando Norris has consistently out‑scored Oscar Piastri. In qualifying Norris accumulated nine points to Piastri's five, while the sprint format saw Norris win all five of the sprint points on offer, leaving Piastri with none. The race tally mirrors this dominance: Norris earned eight points to Piastri's six, and again swept the sprint points 5‑0. Their championship totals now stand at 186 for Norris and 120 for Piastri, with Norris finishing between fourth and seventh in the overall standings, while Piastri has been placed between seventh and tenth.
At Alpine, the partnership of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll has been markedly uneven. Alonso has taken a commanding lead in both qualifying and sprint events, earning twelve qualifying points to Stroll's two and four sprint points to Stroll's one. In race conditions Alonso added eight points to Stroll's two, and secured three sprint points compared with Stroll's two.
The pair missed out on points for several Grands Prix where both drivers retired, but the cumulative championship figures still show Alonso ahead with three points to Stroll's zero, reflecting Alonso's higher finishing positions – 19th to 21st for Stroll versus 13th to 18th for Alonso across the season. Red Bull's star Max Verstappen continued his superiority over his teammate Isack Hadjar, claiming eight qualifying points to Hadjar's three and sweeping all four sprint points. In the race, Verstappen again outperformed Hadjar with eight points to three, and the sprint points remained a clean 4‑0 in Verstappen's favour.
Their championship tallies are 145 for Verstappen and 71 for Hadjar, with Verstappen regularly finishing in the top six while Hadjar has been positioned between eighth and tenth. The Mercedes pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc (driving for Ferrari) displayed a more balanced rivalry.
In qualifying both drivers collected seven points each, but the sprint saw Leclerc take two points to Hamilton's three. Race results were tighter, with Leclerc earning six points to Hamilton's eight, and the sprint points again split 3‑2 in Hamilton's favour.
Their championship totals now read 167 for Leclerc and 191 for Hamilton, indicating Hamilton's slight edge in overall placement, typically ranging from third to fifth, while Leclerc has been placed between fifth and seventh. Williams saw Alex Albon dominate over Carlos Sainz.
Albon gathered four qualifying points to Sainz's ten, but the sprint results were reversed, with Albon taking one point to Sainz's four. In the race Albon earned six points compared with Sainz's eight, and the sprint points again favoured Sainz 4‑1. Their championship scores are close – Albon with five points and Sainz with six – and they have been positioned near the back of the field, Albon usually 16th‑17th and Sainz 15th‑16th. The team of Liam Lawson and Oliver Lindblad (AlphaTauri) also displayed a competitive edge for Lawson.
Lawson secured six qualifying points to Lindblad's five and matched him 2‑2 in the sprint. In race conditions Lawson earned eight points to Lindblad's three, and dominated the sprint with three points to Lindblad's one. Their championship points stand at 59 for Lawson and 31 for Lindblad, with Lawson typically finishing between ninth and eleventh, while Lindblad has been placed between eleventh and thirteenth.
A notable driver swap occurred when Yuki Tsunoda stepped in for Lawson at the Dutch, Italian and Spanish rounds. During those events Lindblad continued to out‑perform his new teammate, taking three qualifying points to Tsunoda's zero and winning the sprint 1‑0. In the race Lindblad added two points to Tsunoda's none, and again claimed the sprint point.
This maintained Lindblad's advantage in the head‑to‑head record. In the case of the Aston Martin duo, the data shows a mixed picture. While the numbers for qualifying, sprint and race are not fully detailed here, the overall narrative is that the team has experienced several retirements, resulting in no points awarded for certain Grands Prix such as the Australian, Chinese, Barcelona and Dutch rounds where both drivers failed to finish. The Haas partnership of Nico Hulkenberg and Antonio Bortoleto produced a fairly even split in qualifying (seven points each) and a slight edge for Hulkenberg in the race (six points to Bortoleto's eight).
However, sprint incidents – Hulkenberg failing to start and Bortoleto being disqualified in Miami – meant no sprint points were awarded for that event. Their championship tallies are 7 for Hulkenberg and 10 for Bortoleto, with both drivers typically finishing in the mid‑to‑lower midfield.
Finally, the Renault (or whatever the official team name is for the Gasly‑Colapinto pairing) saw Pierre Gasly dominate over Enzo Colapinto. Gasly earned eleven qualifying points to Colapinto's three, and secured three sprint points to Colapinto's two.
In race conditions Gasly added eight points to Colapinto's six, and took four sprint points to Colapinto's one. Their championship totals are 41 for Gasly and 27 for Colapinto, placing Gasly consistently in the top ten, while Colapinto hovers around twelfth place. Overall, the 2026 season's head‑to‑head statistics illustrate the varying degrees of intra‑team competition across the grid. Some teams, like McLaren and Red Bull, have clear front‑runners, while others show tighter battles or are hampered by retirements and driver changes.
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