F1 2026 team-mate qualifying head-to-head comparison: all 11 pairs

The two numbers worth sitting with: Antonelli leads Russell 9-6 with a 0.125s average advantage, which is a meaningful early signal for a rookie in his first full season against an established race winner. At the other end, the Leclerc-Hamilton split is essentially a coin flip at 0.007s average — the tightest pairing on the grid and a reminder that Hamilton's adaptation to Ferrari is progressing faster than some expected. Bearman outpacing Ocon by 0.217s at Haas is the other result that deserves attention, given Ocon is the experienced hand in that garage. The article flags this is still raw data with a small sample, so treat the head-to-head win counts as directional rather than definitive — the average gap figures are the more stable early read.