George Russell vs Lewis Hamilton, 2024

Teammates at Mercedes — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 2024 season, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton competed as teammates at Mercedes across 24 races. Russell outqualified Hamilton 18 times and finished ahead of him in 13 races, while both drivers won 2 grands prix. Russell scored 226 championship points compared to Hamilton's 207, with Russell achieving an average grid position of 5.6 and an average finish of 6.2, while Hamilton had an average grid of 8.8 and an average finish of 5.9.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
186Qualifyingof 24 compared
138Race finishesof 21 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

2024 season
24
Races together
24
226
Points
207
2
Wins
2
4
Podiums
5
P1
Best finish
P1
5.6
Average grid
8.8
6.2
Average finish
5.9
1
Did not finish
2
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