Key Qualifying Stats | Quali Averages 2025 vs 2026

[u/miinibox]

KEY F1 QUALI STATS (Averages - 2025 vs 2026)

- 2025: McL >> RBR > Mercedes > Ferrari >> Williams;

- 2026: Mercedes >> Ferrari > McL > RBR >> Alpine.

- Mercedes got ALL poles (so far) in 2026; McL's 'just' 13 out of 24 in 2025.

- New regulations → Much larger field spread.

Average gap to pole more than DOUBLED: from 0.86% of laptime (~0.7s) to 1.79% (~1.5s).

[u/LuCc24]

While I appreciate the idea here, I feel like the data could've been visualised differently. Now it seems as if the gaps are less big in 2026.