Compare Lewis Hamilton‘s performance against his team mate throughout the 2012 F1 season.
Race finishing positions
| AUS | MAL | CHI | BAH | SPA | MON | CAN | EUR | BRI | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JAP | KOR | IND | ABU | UNI | BRA | |
| Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 10 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
| Team mate | 1 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Performance comparison
| Lewis Hamilton | Jenson Button | |
| Qualified ahead | 16 | 4 |
| Average qualifying gap | -0.275s | – |
| Finished race ahead | 9 | 4 |
| Laps spent ahead | 638 | 320 |
Qualifying gap
Gap in seconds between Lewis Hamilton and his team mate in the last part of qualifying where both set a time, for each race.
A positive time means the driver was slower than his team mate, a negative time means they were faster:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Lewis Hamilton | -0.151999999999973 | -0.149000000000001 | -0.565000000000012 | -0.191000000000003 | -0.478999999999999 | -0.370000000000005 | -1.09499999999998 | -0.390999999999991 | -0.611000000000004 | 0.0730000000000075 | -0.629999999999995 | 0.82099999999997 | -0.12299999999999 | -0.576999999999984 | 1.03699999999999 | -0.441000000000031 | -0.115000000000009 | -0.659999999999997 | -0.820999999999998 | -0.0549999999999926 |
davidwhite (@davidwhite)
18th May 2012, 4:30
How can you call it 4-1 after Spain? I get the Hamilton technical disqualification from the session but really? It was a technical ruling. Button didn’t even make into Q3!! If you’re going to call it a form guide then it should be 5-0. Use an asterix to explain the assumption/s you’ve made so it’s clear.
matthewf1 (@)
21st May 2012, 11:27
+1
it’s clearly 5-0 in qualy
the graph shows it as 5-0 anyway
what about lewis’ gearbox pen in china? if you won’t say 5-0 you should say3-2, not 4-1.
Tony M (@tango11)
4th December 2012, 7:38
Yet Autosport name Button best driver!
Lots of talk about how great Alonso was this year, but I think Hamilton driving also reached new levels of skill and maturity. Supreme controlled attacking aggression.