F1 Intelligence · 2026 · after round 15

Driver DNA leaders

The strongest current-window profiles in every Driver DNA dimension, with the population and basis for each.

Qualifying pace
  1. Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing98
  2. Pierre GaslyAlpine94
  3. George RussellMercedes90
  4. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin85
  5. Oliver BearmanHaas81
  6. Carlos SainzWilliams77
  7. Charles LeclercFerrari73
  8. Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls69

24 drivers (2025–2026) · median teammate qualifying gap (%), sign inverted

Race results vs teammate
  1. Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing98
  2. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin94
  3. Charles LeclercFerrari90
  4. Sergio PérezCadillac85
  5. George RussellMercedes81
  6. Pierre GaslyAlpine77
  7. Lando NorrisMcLaren73
  8. Alexander AlbonWilliams67

24 drivers (2025–2026) · share of races finishing ahead of teammate (one-car retirements count for the finisher)

Positions gained
  1. Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing98
  2. Lando NorrisMcLaren93
  3. Lewis HamiltonFerrari89
  4. Charles LeclercFerrari85
  5. Kimi AntonelliMercedes80
  6. Nico HülkenbergAudi76
  7. Oliver BearmanHaas72
  8. Oscar PiastriMcLaren67

23 drivers (2025–2026) · mean grid-to-finish gain above the expectation for that grid slot (classified finishes)

Finishing
  1. Sergio PérezCadillac98
  2. Esteban OconHaas93
  3. George RussellMercedes89
  4. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin85
  5. Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing80
  6. Oscar PiastriMcLaren72
  7. Gabriel BortoletoAudi72
  8. Lewis HamiltonFerrari72

23 drivers (2025–2026) · classification rate minus teammate classification rate (same car); any retirement cause counts

Consistency
  1. Lando NorrisMcLaren98
  2. Oscar PiastriMcLaren93
  3. Charles LeclercFerrari89
  4. Lewis HamiltonFerrari85
  5. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin80
  6. Lance StrollAston Martin76
  7. Oliver BearmanHaas72
  8. Esteban OconHaas67

23 drivers (2025–2026) · spread (std dev) of teammate qualifying gaps; lower spread ranks higher

Street circuits
  1. Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing89
  2. Oscar PiastriMcLaren76
  3. George RussellMercedes72
  4. Charles LeclercFerrari67
  5. Franco ColapintoAlpine59
  6. Nico HülkenbergAudi54
  7. Gabriel BortoletoAudi50
  8. Pierre GaslyAlpine46

23 drivers (2025–2026) · teammate qualifying gap on street layouts relative to the driver's overall gap (positive = relatively stronger)

High-speed circuits
  1. Pierre GaslyAlpine93
  2. Gabriel BortoletoAudi85
  3. Alexander AlbonWilliams80
  4. Lance StrollAston Martin76
  5. Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls72
  6. George RussellMercedes67
  7. Lando NorrisMcLaren63
  8. Charles LeclercFerrari59

23 drivers (2025–2026) · teammate qualifying gap on high pole-lap-speed circuits relative to the driver's overall gap (positive = relatively stronger)

Low-speed circuits
  1. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin98
  2. Nico HülkenbergAudi93
  3. Liam LawsonRacing Bulls89
  4. Carlos SainzWilliams85
  5. Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing80
  6. Franco ColapintoAlpine76
  7. George RussellMercedes72
  8. Oscar PiastriMcLaren67

23 drivers (2025–2026) · teammate qualifying gap on low pole-lap-speed circuits relative to the driver's overall gap (positive = relatively stronger)

Driver DNA current window 2025–2026. Percentiles within drivers meeting each dimension's minimum sample; low-confidence rows omitted. Start performance and wet-race results are not sourced and are not shown.