There is less competitiveness among colleagues as both Formula 1 drivers seek to cement their position inside the organisation.

While some teams will assign exactly chosen first and second drivers, others may allow their racers compete fairly. Here, the need of coming out on top is even more crucial to have the upper-hand not only in contract talks but also to get crucial information regarding their car first.

But where on the grid are the closest intra-team competitions, and who has firmly placed their team-mate in the shade? Let me present it to you.

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Red Bull as Max Verstappen challenges Sergio Perez.

Red Bull was expected to be running dominantly in 2024 based on Max Verstappen's winning streak last year. Before the summer break, the Dutchman narrowly hit top step of the podium at half of the 14 races; he won 19 out of 22 races in 2023.

In all areas this season, he has outperformed his teammate Sergio Perez; he has out-qualified him at every race this year, same as in 2023. Though he began ahead of Verstappen in the Belgian GP and got a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his engine allowance, Perez qualified behind Verstappen, who slipped from first to 11th. Perez took second behind Charles Leclerc.

Red Bull disclosed shortly after Spa that, despite a difficult few months in which Perez had only topped Verstappen once - at the Australian GP, the three-time world champion stopped on lap four with a brake problem, therefore preserving the Mexican for the whole year.

Though he did score four podium places in the first five races, Perez has failed to finish better than sixth over the past nine races. Starting from the pitlane, that run consists of two retirements in Monaco and Canada and ends 17th at Silverstone following a Q1 crash.

McLaren Lando Norris vs Oscar Piastri

Under Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri's first wins—at the Miami and Hungarian GPs respectively—Automotive has kept its upward trend throughout a 2024 season. The two have also accumulated further podium results and a further win for Norris at Zandvoort, thereby enabling the Papaya team to second in the constructors' championship, with a real opportunity of pursuing Red Blood in the final portions of the season.

The team is confident it can pursue the constructors' title, which it has not won since 1998, even if mistakes maybe costing Norris numerous race victories. Before F1 returns from the summer break, team CEO Zak Brown said: "I would want to think all departments, which either directly or indirectly, feed into performance, are all world championship material."

Following his victory against Max Verstappen at Zandvoort, Norris still has a small but not impossible possibility of winning the drivers's championship; the Briton called it "st Stupid" to highlight the need of taking both titles.

The two Mercedes drivers have been quite well matched in results, even though more seasoned Norris has dominated in qualifying - defeating his Australian team-mate at 12 events. Piastri put himself above Norris at the Saudi Arabian, Emilia Romagna, and Monaco GPs; Norris took second in Spain, Hungary, and the Netherlands. In the Hungarian GP, the two also had one front-row lockout whereupon Piastri emerged following demanding team instructions aimed at Norris.

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Ferrari. Carlos Sainz against Charles Leclerc

Ferrari's fortunes throughout the 2024 season have been erratic; it has dropped in form after a somewhat strong start, while others around it have developed. Carlos Sainz finished three podiums out of the first four races; he most famously withdrew from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to win in Australia following appendix surgery.

After generally difficult years at the Monte Carlo circuit, Charles Leclerc won his first race at Monaco and placed second in Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Since then, though, the team has only had three podium finishes; Sainz inherited third in Austria following the Verstappen-Norris tangle, while Leclerc was similarly handed third in Spa by George Russell's ban before replicating that success at Zandvoort.

Third Leclerc leads his teammate by 20 points in the championship; Sainz is fifth. Oliver Bearman completed eighth, replacing the Spaniard in Jeddah, the Briton guaranteeing a racing slot with Haas for 2025 in an incredible debut.