Lance Stroll’s losing streak to team mate Fernando Alonso continued in Austin, where he was beaten for the 30th grand prix in a row.

Gaps between team mates

Stroll dropped out in the first round of qualifying, as he did in the previous event in Singapore. He initially set a time which looked quick enough to gain him a place in Q2, but it was deleted due to a track limits infringement.

That also increased the gap between the two Aston Martin drivers, which was almost eight tenths of a second based on the only time of Stroll’s which stood from Q1. Alonso went on to reach Q3, for the second event in a row, and qualify 10th.

Stroll was 18th in the qualifying results but making matters worse he has a five-place grid penalty for his collision with Esteban Ocon in the sprint race.

Team mate battles

Not only has Stroll lost to Alonso in every grand prix qualifying session this year, he also did so over the last 12 rounds of 2024. He hasn’t qualified ahead of his team mate since last year’s British Grand Prix, 30 rounds ago.

Alonso has the longest run of qualifying victories over a team mate of any driver on the grid. Max Verstappen is closest with a 25-round streak spread across three different team mates. He has beaten Yuki Tsunoda for the last 16 rounds running, Liam Lawson the two before that and Sergio Perez for the previous seven.

Fernando Alonso 18 – 0 Lance Stroll
Max Verstappen 16 – 0 Yuki Tsunoda
George Russell 17 – 2 Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Charles Leclerc 14 – 5 Lewis Hamilton
Isack Hadjar 12 – 4 Liam Lawson
Oliver Bearman 11 – 7 Esteban Ocon
Gabriel Bortoleto 11 – 8 Nico Hulkenberg
Oscar Piastri 10 – 9 Lando Norris
Carlos Sainz Jnr 10 – 9 Alexander Albon
Pierre Gasly 5 – 4 Franco Colapinto

Streaks

Out-qualified team mate

Rank Driver Streak
1 Fernando Alonso 30
2 Max Verstappen 25
3 Oliver Bearman 4
4 Nico Hulkenberg 2
= George Russell 2
6 Carlos Sainz Jnr 1
= Isack Hadjar 1
= Pierre Gasly 1
= Charles Leclerc 1
= Lando Norris 1

Out-qualified by team mate

Rank Driver Streak
1 Lance Stroll 30
2 Yuki Tsunoda 17
3 Esteban Ocon 4
4 Gabriel Bortoleto 2
= Andrea Kimi Antonelli 2
6 Franco Colapinto 1
= Alexander Albon 1
= Liam Lawson 1
= Lewis Hamilton 1
= Oscar Piastri 1

Q1 eliminations and Q3 appearances

Eliminated in Q1

Rank Driver Streak
1 Esteban Ocon 3
2 Gabriel Bortoleto 2
= Lance Stroll 2
4 Alexander Albon 1
= Isack Hadjar 1

Reached Q3

Rank Driver Streak
1 Lando Norris 26
2 Oscar Piastri 23
3 Max Verstappen 22
4 Charles Leclerc 12
5 George Russell 11
6 Andrea Kimi Antonelli 4
7 Oliver Bearman 2
= Fernando Alonso 2
= Lewis Hamilton 2
10 Carlos Sainz Jnr 1

Go ad-free for just £1 per month

>> Find out more and sign up

Miss nothing from RaceFans

Get a daily email with all our latest stories – and nothing else. No marketing, no ads. Sign up here:

2025 United States Grand Prix

Browse all 2025 United States Grand Prix articles