| Teammate | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Russell '25–'26 · 28r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown | 10–25 | 8–20 | 333 423 |
Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.
Extensive karting titles; back-to-back European Championship (OK class) wins in 2020 and 2021; joined the Mercedes Junior Team in 2019, aged 12.
2021 Italian F4 (part) with Prema; 2022 Italian F4 and ADAC German F4 champion with Prema; 2023 Formula Regional Middle East and Formula Regional European (FRECA) champion; 2024 FIA F2 with Prema (6th, two wins — the Silverstone sprint and Hungary feature).
Mercedes Junior Team from 2019.
Promoted directly from FRECA to F2, skipping FIA F3; became the youngest multiple race winner in F2 history at the time.
2025 with Mercedes, replacing Lewis Hamilton, aged 18 years 6 months 20 days — the third-youngest driver ever to start an F1 race.
The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.
The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.
Source: PaddockIntel (Mar–Apr 2026).