Although Max Verstappen stole the headlines for winning the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it was also the weekend Alex Albon out-qualified Williams team-mate Logan Sargeant yet again.
It meant the 27-year-old finished the F1 season as the only driver to have out-qualified their team-mate for every race in 2023.
Sargeant struggled in his rookie campaign with Albon always proving superior, but other driver pairings were much closer. So how did each driver compare to their team-mate in the 2023 F1 season?
Red Bull – Max Verstappen vs Sergio Perez
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Category |
Max Verstappen |
Sergio Perez |
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Championship standings |
1st (575 points) |
2nd (285 points) |
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Grand prix results head-to-head |
20 |
2 |
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Qualifying head-to-head |
20 |
2 |
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Grand prix wins |
19 |
2 |
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Pole positions |
12 |
2 |
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Podiums |
21 |
9 |
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Best finish |
1st (x19) |
1st (x2) |
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Retirements |
0 |
2 |
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Fastest laps |
9 |
2 |
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Grand prix points finishes |
22 |
19 |
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Sprint results head-to-head |
5 |
1 |
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Sprint race wins |
4 |
1 |
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Sprint shootout head-to-head |
5 |
1 |
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Sprint race podiums |
6 |
3 |
Arguably one of the most one-sided pairings in 2023 was Red Bull, as Verstappen proved too much for Sergio Perez. The triple world champion clinched the title with six grands prix to spare and set many records in doing so.
One record was for the biggest points gap to second in the championship, with the margin bigger than the total points Perez amassed across 2023. While Verstappen was consistently claiming the race wins, Perez often struggled for a podium finish despite Red Bull’s superiority over the rest of the grid.
Perez did start the season pretty well though with two victories in the opening four races, as well as second in Bahrain. But from Miami onwards, Verstappen took it to another level leaving Perez to struggle and doubts to linger over his Red Bull future. The pressure is on the Mexican to improve significantly in 2024, which is the final year of his contract.
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Category |
Lewis Hamilton |
George Russell |
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Championship standings |
3rd (234 points) |
8th (175 points) |
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Grand prix results head-to-head |
15 |
7 |
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Qualifying head-to-head |
11 |
11 |
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Grand prix wins |
0 |
0 |
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Pole positions |
1 |
0 |
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Podiums |
6 |
2 |
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Best finish |
2nd (x3) |
3rd (x2) |
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Retirements |
2 (includes 1 DSQ) |
4 |
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Fastest laps |
4 |
1 |
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Grand prix points finishes |
20 |
17 |
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Sprint results head-to-head |
2 |
4 |
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