Lance Stroll has now gone a full calendar year without beating his team mate in qualifying for a grand prix. Here are the key stats from qualifying.
Change from practice to qualifying
The three teams whose qualifying pace was least obvious on Friday were Haas, Alpine and Red Bull. Pierre Gasly’s qualifying performance for Alpine is all the more remarkable considering they were slower in final practice than they had been the day before.
Gaps between team mates
Franco Colapinto arrived at Silverstone for the sixth race of what Alpine originally billed as a five-race trial in the seat originally occupied by Jack Doohan. His Q1 crash, which doomed him to elimination, obviously did him no favours.
After the Alpine drivers, the next widest gap between a pair of team mates was at Red Bull. However Yuki Tsunoda said a loss of power in Q2 contributed to his early exit while his team mate Max Verstappen went on to take pole position.
Team mate battles sequences
Verstappen has now out-qualified his team mates for the last 18 rounds in a row. Only one driver has a better record.
Fernando Alonso has now beaten Lance Stroll in qualifying sessions for the last 24 consecutive grands prix. That covers a full calendar year, back to Stroll’s last win in a full qualifying session at Silverstone last year. Stroll has come out ahead in a shorter sprint race qualifying session during this time, but qualifying sessions for the main event have all gone Alonso’s way since this time last year.
Out-qualified team mate
| Rank | Driver | Streak |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | 24 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 18 |
| 3 | George Russell | 6 |
| 4 | Oliver Bearman | 4 |
| 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 2 |
| = | Pierre Gasly | 2 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | 1 |
| = | Isack Hadjar | 1 |
| = | Lewis Hamilton | 1 |
| = | Oscar Piastri | 1 |
Out-qualified by team mate
| Rank | Driver | Streak |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lance Stroll | 24 |
| 2 | Yuki Tsunoda | 10 |
| 3 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 6 |
| 4 | Esteban Ocon | 4 |
| 5 | Franco Colapinto | 2 |
| = | Nico Hulkenberg | 2 |
| 7 | Alexander Albon | 1 |
| = | Liam Lawson | 1 |
| = | Charles Leclerc | 1 |
| = | Lando Norris | 1 |
Q1 and Q3
Verstappen and the McLaren drivers sustained their runs of Q3 appearances which began before this season. Carlos Sainz Jnr ended his three-race run of Q1 eliminations.
Eliminated in Q1
| Rank | Driver | Streak |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lance Stroll | 3 |
| 2 | Nico Hulkenberg | 2 |
| 3 | Franco Colapinto | 1 |
| = | Gabriel Bortoleto | 1 |
| = | Liam Lawson | 1 |
Reached Q3
| Rank | Driver | Streak |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | 19 |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | 16 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 5 |
| = | Charles Leclerc | 5 |
| 6 | George Russell | 4 |
| = | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 4 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | 2 |
| 9 | Oliver Bearman | 1 |
| = | Fernando Alonso | 1 |
Miss nothing from RaceFans
Get a daily email with all our latest stories – and nothing else. No marketing, no ads. Sign up here:
2025 British Grand Prix
- ‘Qualifying used to be my strength but I’m not doing the job this year’ – Leclerc
- Alonso has gone a year without being out-qualified for a grand prix by Stroll: Qualifying data
- Bearman “angry at myself” after losing best ever starting position due to penalty
- Pole winner Verstappen pleased with new floor after “understeering to the moon” in practice
- McLaren hit car performance “ceiling” in qualifying