Hamilton vs Russell: All 2024 Mercedes Head-To-Head Stats

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are teammates but also rivals in Mercedes in the 2024 Formula One World Championships, with their head-to-head record under microscope.

The two drivers come from two completely different generations, and their success in the sport has been on two completely different levels as well. While Hamilton is a seven-time World Champion, his teammate has only one Grand Prix win under his belt.

The 39-year-old Brit joined the team back in 2013 when he left McLaren. On the other hand, his current teammate has been with the team since 2022, after he has previously completed three seasons in Williams.

However, the two won't complete more than three seasons together, at least not right now, as Hamilton committed to Ferrari from the 2025 season, making the 2024 F1 season their last together in Mercedes.

In their first two seasons, each got one head-to-head win, as the younger driver surprisingly outscored his teammate in 2022 (275 vs. 240), but it was the more experienced Brit who was the team's leader in 2023 (234 vs. 175).

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Hamilton vs Russell: All 2024 Mercedes H2H Stats:

2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The first race of the 2024 season was the Bahrain Grand Prix. After the previous season, which was dominated by Red Bull, the two British drivers didn't come with high expectations.

In the qualifying for the first race of the season, Russell surprisingly finished third, while Hamilton, who supposedly had a "race setup" was able to put his Mercedes only on the ninth place.

In the race, both drivers, and seemingly all Mercedes-powered cars, struggled with multiple engine-related problems, and despite a promising start from Russell, none of the drivers made it to the podium.

Still, the 26-year-old driver outscored his more experienced teammate in the first race of the season, even though he finished only about four seconds ahead of him, getting 10 points for a fifth-place finish, while Hamilton got six for crossing the line seventh.

2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The second race of the season proved that Mercedes had a problem with their car. Their drivers struggled in the high-speed sections at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which was reflected in their lap times.

While Mercedes cars looked the third fastest during the first race, the second race made Silver Arrows look like the fifth fastest team as they finished behind both McLaren and Aston Martin drivers.

Russell dealt better with W15's problems than his seven-time World Champion teammate both during the qualifying session (P7 vs. P8) and the race (P6 sP9).

It is important to note that Hamilton chose a riskier strategy during the race. He didn't stop for the first safer car, hoping there would be another one, but it never came.

George Russell followed by Lewis Hamilton around Jeddah Corniche Circuit

2024 Australian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The 2024 Australian Grand Prix was a disaster for Mercedes drivers. First, Hamilton retired on Lap 15 because of an engine failure, before Russell ended in barriers in Lap 57.

That came after a controversial incident with Fernando Alonso. The Spanish driver slowed down earlier than the British driver expected, and even though there was no contact between the two, Russell found himself in the wall, distracted by Alonso's move, who was later penalized with a 20-second time penalty.

2024 Japanese Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The 2024 Japanese Grand Prix certainly bonded Mercedes driver, but it wasn't because they would share a podium together. From start of the weekend to the end, it wasn't to be for the team, and it showed on their results.

Still, the team was likely happy to see nice gesture from Hamilton, who let his teammate pass him, when he felt like Russell was quicker, but it still resulted only in P7 for the younger Brit, with the seven-time World Champion finishing in P9.

2024 Chinese Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

In the first Sprint weekend of the season, Hamilton was on the brink of getting a pole position in a wet Sprint Shootout, but after Lando Norris' lap was removed, it was reinstated again, meaning the 39-year-old finished 'only' 2nd.

His teammate qualified 11th, and with the short Sprint format, there wasn't much chance for Russell to make something out of it, even though he was the only driver starting on soft tires, and ultimately finished eighth for one point.

Hamilton, on the other hand, had a perfect start, pushing Norris on the edge in Turn 1 and taking the first place from him, but Max Verstappen was just too quick and won the Sprint race in China.

In the qualifying for the Grand Prix, Hamilton wasn't able to follow up on the great result from the Sprint, as he was eliminated in Q1, placing only 18th, while Russell made it to Q3, but finished only 8th.

While for the younger Brit it was about looking ahead in the race, for Hamilton it was all about damage limitation, starting from P18, and he managed to do that really well, finishing in points in P9, with his teammate only three places ahead in P6.

Hamilton with a small trophy for P2 in the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race

2024 Miami Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Mercedes brought the first part of its big upgrade to Miami. However, looking at the results, it seems to have made little, if any, difference.

Both Hamilton and Russell didn't make it in the final part of the sprint qualifying, and neither of them was able to score points in the sprint.

Although it is important to mention that Hamilton did have a decent pace and was running in the points, he was slammed with a 20-second (drive-through) penalty after the sprint race for speeding in the pit lane.

In the qualifying, the 26-year-old showed his superior one-lap performance, but during the Grand Prix race on Sunday, he couldn't match the race pace of the seven-time World Champion. Hamilton crossed the finish line in P6, while Russell crossed it in P8.

2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Mercedes brought the second half of their upgrade to the Imola Circuit. Although the team made some progress, the seven-time World Champion said after the weekend they were just stuck in no man's land.

Mercedes couldn't match the speed of the top three teams but was faster than anyone else. In the qualifying, Russell and Hamilton took P6 and P8 respectively.

Then, in the race, the 39-year-old gained one position and was catching up with his younger teammate when Russell was called into the pits for one additional box.

This allowed the 26-year-old to set the fastest lap and gain one additional point for his team, but he lost a position to his teammate, which reflects in the head-to-head score. The team principal, Toto Wolff, stated that Hamilton would have got him either way.

2024 Monaco Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Hamilton seemed faster than Russell throughout the practice session but couldn't outperform him in the qualifying session. It is important to note that the 26-year-old had an upgraded front wing, and the seven-time World Champion didn't.

There wasn't much to do during the race around the Monaco Street Circuit, and all the top ten drivers crossed the finish line in their starting positions.

Hamilton had a gap for pit stop during the race, so he stopped for fresher tires and put in the fastest lap. He crossed the finish line in P7, while Russell finished in P5.

2024 Canadian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

In Canada, everything finally came together for Mercedes, and the German team seemed to have the fastest car. Unfortunately, Hamilton couldn't put together a perfect lap in the end and had to start the race from P7.

Russell scored Mercedes's first Grand Prix pole and was in prime position to score points in Canada. However, he made too many mistakes in the wet race and finished "only" in P3.

The seven-time World Champion, who started from P7, was able to slowly make his way through the grid and finished right behind Russell, snatching the fastest lap on the final lap.

2024 Spanish Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The race in Barcelona was the second race weekend of the season where Hamilton managed to outperform Russell in qualifying (by 0,002 seconds). The two Mercedes drivers started from P3 and P4.

Starting from P3, Hamilton lost a couple of positions initially but recovered them throughout the race to score his first podium of the season- P3.

Russell got into the lead with a fantastic start, but he didn't quite match the pace of the cars around him and slowly lost three positions to finish where he started—in P4.

2024 Austrian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The Austrian Grand Prix was the third race weekend of the season. The 26-year-old beat the seven-time World Champion in both sprint qualifying (P4 and P6, respectively) and qualifying for the Grand Prix (P3 and P5, respectively).

Both Mercedes drivers finished the Sprint race in the same position they had started. However, that wasn't the case with the Grand Prix race.

Starting from P3, Russell managed to profit from a collision between Verstappen and Norris on lap 64, which put him into the race lead. Ultimately, he brought the first victory of the season home for Mercedes.

According to his team principal, Hamilton, who started from P5, suffered significant floor damage and received a five-second penalty. This meant he wasn't able to compete for the podium and finished in P4.

George Russell's winning pose after the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix

2024 British Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

There couldn't be a race which would paint how differently can a Grand Prix go on the opposing sides of a team's garage than the 2024 British Grand Prix. The weekend started great for Mercedes, as they carried over the pace from Austria, locking out the front row in qualifying with Russell first and Hamilton behind him.

At the start of the race, the two British drivers seemingly worked together to keep Norris, who was starting from P3, behind them, but when they got away from the McLaren driver, Hamilton attacked, and he succeeded, overtaking his teammate.

Yet, during the ever-changing conditions at the Silverstone Circuit, the order changed multiple times, and at one point, both McLaren drivers caught up, and even overtook Mercedes cars, and it was far from clear who would end up on the top spot of the podium.

At the end of the day, after almost three years, it was Hamilton, who recorded his first race win since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. On the other hand, Russell was forced to retire his car during the race because of a technical issue, however, he was already running behind the podium places at the time, but with more strategic calls that were to be made, he could have still fought for the podium, or even the win.

2024 Hungarian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The tricky qualifying session in mixed conditions caught Russell, who was knocked out of Q1 and had to start the race from P17.

A red flag interrupted the Q1, and the track got a bit wetter in the meantime. At that time, the 26-year-old needed a faster lap time, so he went out on the track for a couple of consecutive flying laps.

However, as the track got dryer and warmer towards the end of Q1, the Mercedes driver ran out of fuel, and this strategic error was what cost him so dearly.

Hamilton qualified in P5, and even though Mercedes didn't have the fastest cat this weekend, he managed to overtake Carlos Sainz at the start and then undercut and keep Max Verstappen, and keep him behind to cross the finish line in P3. Russell finished in P8.

2024 Belgian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Mercedes had a very fast car, if not the fastest car of the weekend in Belgium. Though it wasn't so visible in qualifying, where Lewis Hamilton placed in P4 and George Russell placed in P7, it would become clear in the race.

Both drivers jumped up one position on the starting grid before the start of the race due to a 10-place grid penalty for Max Verstappen (new power unit).

Consequently, Mercedes drivers started from P6 and P3. From P3, Hamilton didn't take too long to get into the lead, which he held onto until his second stop.

The only driver who was able to get ahead of the seven-time World Champion was Russell, who decided to risk a one-stop strategy. Although Hamilton caught up with him a few laps before the end of the race, he could not overtake the 26-year-old.

The two Mercedes drivers brought home a one-two result for their team. However, Russell was disqualified after the race because his car was 1,5kg under the minimum weight. Hamilton inherited the victory.

2024 Dutch Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The Netherlands was kind of an opposite race weekend for Mercedes compared to the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton didn't even make it to the final part of the qualifying.

The 39-year-old qualified in P12. While Russell had a much better qualifying session and placed P4 for the Grand Prix, the Sunday race was much tougher for him than for the seven-time World Champion.

The Briton only lost positions during the race as he struggled too much with tire degradation. Ultimately, he crossed the finish line in P7, just one position ahead of the seven-time World Champion in P8.

2024 Italian Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

George Russell outqualified Lewis Hamilton in Italy after the seven-time World Champion made a big mistake in the final corner. The 26-year-old qualified in P3 with a time of 1:19.440 and his teammate from P6 with a time of 1:19.513.

While he was in a promising position after qualifying, Russell made a mistake on the opening lap under braking into turn one, had to go through the runoff area, and fell down to P7 as a result.

The Briton then spent the rest of the race fighting Sergio Perez, who managed to get an undercut on him, and ultimately, he finished in the P7.

Hamilton gained one position on the opening lap but didn't have enough pace to compete with Ferraris and McLarens in front, so he was stuck in kind of a no-man's land until he crossed the finish line in P5.

Lewis Hamilton going through the newly rebuilt Ascari Chicane during the 2024 Italian Grand Prix qualifying

2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Russell qualified in P5, his time 0.415 seconds faster than that of his teammate Lewis Hamilton in P7. The seven-time World Champion later revealed that his power unit was not built correctly.

This meant his car had to be rebuilt during the night. He took a completely new power unit, and all the changes to his car after qualifying meant he had to start the race from the pit lane.

Starting from so far back, Hamilton didn't have much hope, and the race turned out to be as challenging as he had expected. Due to overheating tires, he could pass as much as he wanted.

The 39-year-old would not have made it into points had it not been for the collision between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz (on the penultimate lap), which gained him two positions to cross the finish line in P9.

Russell, who had more clear air in front of him, managed to extract more from the car, and the above-mentioned collision put him from P5 onto the podium in P3.

2024 Singapore Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Both Mercedes drivers qualified on the second row, which is crucial at the track like Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. Hamilton was 0.026 seconds faster than his teammate, so he started from P3 and Russell from P4.

The seven-time World Champion was, however, not able to translate his great qualifying result into a great race result. Mercedes decided to put the 39-year-old on a different strategy compared to everyone else, which proved to be wrong. 

Hamilton, who started the race on soft compound tires, only lost positions after starting the Grand Prix and ultimately crossed the finish line in P6.

Russell, who started the race on medium tires, got ahead of Hamilton but was overtaken by Piastri, so he finished where he started.

2024 United States Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

George Russell was faster than Lewis Hamilton by 0.533 seconds during the sprint qualifying, his best lap time being enough for a front-row start - P2. The 39-year-old started the Sprint race from P7.

Although the 26-year-old driver had a great pace in qualifying, he couldn't match the pace of Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari, ultimately falling to P5. Hamilton gained one position on Nico Hulkenberg, who qualified in front of him to finish in P6.

The United States Grand Prix was not the 39-year-old's weekend. First, he got knocked out of Grand Prix qualifying in P19, and then he lost the rear of his car on lap 4 of the race on Sunday, ending up in the gravel trap and retiring - DNF.

George Russell, who broke his front wing in qualifying, had to start the race from the pit lane as his team didn't have spare parts for the same spec. After starting last, the number 63 driver had a very good race and managed to climb up into P6.

2024 Mexico City Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Russell, on an old spec car, outqualified Hamilton on an upgraded Mercedes (by 0.295 seconds), who suggested his car "turned on its head" after practice sessions where he felt he had a pretty good pace.

In the race, the seven-time World Champion managed to overtake Russell with a better pace in the second stint and both Mercedes drivers gained one more position after Max Verstappen on Red Bull received a 20-second penalty. Ultimately, P4 for Hamilton and P5 for Russell.

2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

George Russell was the faster of the Mercedes duo throughout the whole Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend. In Sprint qualifying, he outperformed his teammate by five positions - P6 vs P11.

In the Sprint race, neither of the two Silver Arrows drivers managed to make progress, so both finished where they started, only Russell earning points for Mercedes.

The 26-year-old, however, shined more in the wet qualifying for the Grand Prix, where he put his Mercedes into P2.

After the start of the race on Sunday, Russell gained position on Norris and led the Grand Prix until the first pit stop. Although the Mercedes driver didn't want to stop as he anticipated a red flag, his team insisted he should come in to change tires.

A few laps after Russell changed his tires, a red flag was triggered, and he lost three positions (to drivers who didn't stop) as a result. As he couldn't recover the three positions in the remainder of the race, Russell finished in P4.

While the 26-year-old felt unlucky and disappointed after the race on Sunday, it was a much worse weekend for his seven-time World Champion teammate.

Hamilton was knocked out of Q1 in qualifying and then struggled to make progress throughout the race, finishing only in P10. After the weekend, Hamilton suggested he had never had a worse car and compared it to a "plank of wood."

2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

After a few challenging weekends, Mercedes suddenly found themselves with the fastest car in Las Vegas. Russell made the most of it as he put his car on pole in the qualifying. Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, qualified only in P10 after making mistakes on both of his runs in Q3.

The number 63 driver managed to drive away from all his competitors in the first stint and retained his lead for the remainder of the Grand Prix to bring home his second victory of the 2024 season.

Hamilton also had an awesome race. Starting from P10, he overtook everyone between him and Russell, showing an incredible pace.

For a while, it seemed like he might even chase down his own teammate, but the 26-year-old had everything under control.

Ultimately, the seven-time World Champion finished 7.313 seconds behind Russell to secure a one-two result for the German team.

2024 Qatar Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

Mercedes hoped to repeat in Qatar a performance similar to Las Vegas. The weekend was confusing for the German team, as one of their drivers, Russell was competing for a sprint win at one point, and the other one, Hamilton, seemed lost all weekend.

After qualifying in P2 for the sprint race, Russell lost one position to Piastri into the first corner and then couldn't retake it as McLaren drivers, who were first and second, worked together, and Piastri had a DRS from his teammate on almost every lap.

The 26-year-old qualified in P2 for the Grand Prix as well but moved up one position to start the race from the pole after he managed to get a penalty for Max Verstappen for "driving unnecessarily slowly" in the qualifying warm-up lap.

Starting from pole position, however, didn't help the Mercedes driver as he ultimately lost three positions throughout the race and finished in P4.

Still, Russell had a much better race than Hamilton. Besides fighting a lot of understeer, the seven-time World Champion received a five-second penalty for a false start, a puncture, and a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane under the safety car.

The seven-time World Champion was so done with everything that he, at one point, asked his team to retire the car. Ultimately, the 39-year-old fought until the end, but he brought the car home only in P12.

2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Summary - Hamilton vs Russell:

The seven-time world champion got really unlucky on his final flying lap in the first part of the qualifying as another driver (Kevin Magnussen) accidentally knocked a bollard, which marks the apex of a corner right under his car.

This bollard got stuck right in front of the floor ducts and decreased Hamilton's performance for the remainder of the lap, which meant he got knocked out in P18.

George Russell wasn't as unlucky but ultimately didn't have the pace to match other top teams, qualifying in P7.

Both drivers moved up one or two positions ahead of the race due to penalties that moved their rivals down the starting order.

Although the qualifying didn't go as planned for him, Hamilton shined in the Grand Prix, going from P16 to P4 and even finishing ahead of his teammate, who started much further up the grid.

The team principal of Mercedes, Toto Wolff, suggested that the 39-year-old would have been fighting for a race victory if it hadn't been for the unlucky qualifying incident.