F1 | Fernando Alonso’s historic qualifying streak leaves Lance Stroll without a single win in 40 races. Fernando Alonso has achieved a remarkable 40-0 qualifying record against teammate Lance Stroll .

F1 | Alonso’s unbelievable statistic: 40-0 in qualifying against Stroll

Fernando Alonso has not lost a single direct qualifying battle against his teammate since the 2024 British Grand Prix. The Spaniard’s dominance over Lance Stroll in the one-lap shootout has now reached an extraordinary milestone, underlining one of the most one-sided intra-team records in modern Formula 1.

Fernando unbeatable, literally

On July 6, 2024, at Silverstone, almost no one realised they were witnessing a historic moment. It was Saturday, qualifying for the British Grand Prix. The front row was locked out by the two Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, and the seven-time world champion would go on the next day to claim what remains, to this day, his most recent Formula 1 victory.

Meanwhile, away from the main spotlight, Lance Stroll set the eighth fastest time in Q3, beating his teammate Fernando Alonso by around three-tenths of a second, with the Spaniard ending the session in tenth place.

That remains the last time Stroll has beaten Alonso in qualifying. Since then, 40 Grands Prix have passed. The two-time world champion has produced an unprecedented 40-0 streak against his Aston Martin teammate in qualifying head-to-heads.

It is a statistical record that defies logic, remaining intact for almost two years and spanning three different seasons: the second half of 2024, the entirety of 2025, and the opening rounds of 2026. It has survived both a major regulatory revolution in Formula 1, arguably the most impactful in terms of driving style in the sport’s history, as well as Aston Martin’s own performance crisis, which nevertheless has not altered internal team dynamics in the slightest.

In the last 40 years of Formula 1, no driver has ever managed to outqualify their teammate 40 consecutive times. It is also difficult to imagine anyone matching this record in the future, especially with an ever-growing race calendar making consistency across an entire season increasingly difficult to maintain.

It is harder for everyone, but not if your name is Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso’s dominance over Lance Stroll highlights a rare level of psychological and technical control, proving that even as the AMR26 struggles with aerodynamic efficiency, the Spaniard’s individual performance remains at a world-class peak. As Aston Martin looks toward the 2027 transition, this 40-0 record serves as a powerful reminder that while cars and regulations change, the innate ability of a veteran champion to extract every hundredth of a second remains the most reliable asset in the paddock.