F1 qualifying head to heads - Final 2022 Rankings

Verstappen and Perez in Abu Dhabi — Photo: © LAT Images

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F1 qualifying head to heads - Final 2022 Rankings

How the team-mate battles are shaping up

Sam Hall

Saturday 19 November 2022 20:45

Max Verstappen scored his seventh pole position as the final qualifying session of the season reached its conclusion.

Abu Dhabi saw the final team-mate battles of the season reach their conclusion with some a close fight and others a far more one-sided affair.

Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc all led their opposite numbers at the Yas Marina Circuit while Fernando Alonso made a rare Q2 exit.

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In qualifying, of course, the first rival any F1 driver wants to beat is his team-mate, so did the battles shape up after 22 sessions this season?

These stats are purely based on qualifying and do not reflect grid penalties applied for the race itself.

F1 2022 qualifying head to head

Red Bull: Max Verstappen 18 - 4 Sergio Perez

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Verstappen	22	-	-
Perez	20	2	-

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Verstappen	1st	Emilia Romagna, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Japan, Mexico City, Abu Dhabi
Perez	1st	Saudi Arabia

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc 15 - 7 Carlos Sainz

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Leclerc	21	1	-
Sainz	22	-	-

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Leclerc	1st	Bahrain, Australia, Miami, Spain, Monaco, Azerbaijan, France, Italy, Singapore
Sainz	1st	Great Britain, USA

Mercedes: George Russell 9 - 13 Lewis Hamilton

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Russell	19	3	-
Hamilton	20	1	1

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Russell	1st	Hungary
Hamilton	3rd	Singapore, Mexico City

Alpine: Fernando Alonso 12 - 10 Esteban Ocon

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Alonso	18	3	1
Ocon	11	7	4

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Alonso	2nd	Canada
Ocon	5th	Saudi Arabia, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Japan

McLaren: Lando Norris 19 - 2 Daniel Ricciardo

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Norris	16	6	-
Ricciardo	7	10	5

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Norris	3rd	Emilia Romagna
Ricciardo	6th	Emilia Romagna

Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas 14 - 8 Zhou Guanyu

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Bottas	8	9	5
Zhou	2	15	5

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Bottas	5th	Miami
Zhou	9th	Great Britain

Haas: Kevin Magnussen 16 - 6 Mick Schumacher

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Magnussen	9	3	10
Schumacher	4	11	7

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Magnussen	1st	São Paulo
Schumacher	6th	Canada

AlphaTauri: Pierre Gasly 13 - 9 Yuki Tsunoda

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Gasly	6	9	7
Tsunoda	5	10	7

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Gasly	6th	Azerbaijan, Singapore
Tsunoda	8th	Azerbaijan, France

Aston Martin: Sebastian Vettel 13 - 7 Lance Stroll *Nico Hulkenberg 1 - 1 Lance Stroll

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Vettel	5	4	10
Stroll	3	8	12
Hulkenberg	-	-	1

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Vettel	9th	Emilia Romagna, Monaco, Azerbaijan,Japan, Abu Dhabi
Stroll	7th	USA
Hulkenberg	17th	Bahrain

Williams: Alex Albon 19 - 2 Nicholas Latifi *Nyck de Vries 1 - 0 Nicholas Latifi

Driver	Q3	Q2	Q1
Albon	1	7	13
Latifi	1	-	21
De Vries	-	1	-

Best qualifying position

Driver	Position	Race
Albon	9th	Belgium
Latifi	10th	Great Britain
De Vries	13th	Italy

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