The Index · season 2026 · after round 17

F1 driver ratings 2026every driver graded against the grid, car removed

A rating, not a points total: each driver's season across nine performance measures, read against the rest of the field. 10 is the best driver of the year; only rated races count.

The Index

23 drivers with at least 3 rated races Who is the best driver of 2026?

Pos	Driver	Index	vs official	Strongest at	Races
1	Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing	10.00	▲ 3 P4	OVD Overdelivery	16
2	Kimi AntonelliMercedes	9.67	▼ 1 P1	PAC Race Pace	17
3	Charles LeclercFerrari	9.16	▲ 2 P5	PAC Race Pace	17
4	Lando NorrisMcLaren	9.09	▲ 2 P6	CON Consistency	16
5	Fernando AlonsoAston Martin	8.88	▲ 11 P16	QUA Qualifying	13
6	Lewis HamiltonFerrari	8.59	▼ 3 P3	PAC Race Pace	16
7	Pierre GaslyAlpine	8.56	▲ 3 P10	QUA Qualifying	16
8	Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team	8.53	▲ 5 P13	QUA Qualifying	15
9	Sergio PerezCadillac	8.36	▲ 12 P21	PAC Race Pace	15
10	Oscar PiastriMcLaren	8.35	▼ 3 P7	STA Race Start	15
11	George RussellMercedes	8.23	▼ 9 P2	CLN Cleanliness	15
12	Carlos SainzWilliams	8.08	▲ 4 P16	QUA Qualifying	16
13	Esteban OconHaas F1 Team	7.85	▲ 3 P16	STA Race Start	17
14	Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls	7.78	▲ 6 P20	CON Consistency	3
15	Nico HulkenbergAudi	7.62	▼ 1 P14	TYR Tyre Management	14
16	Liam LawsonRacing Bulls	7.54	▼ 7 P9	STA Race Start	16
17	Lance StrollAston Martin	7.15	▲ 4 P21	PIT Pit Stop Execution	13
18	Alexander AlbonWilliams	7.09	▲ 1 P19	STA Race Start	15
19	Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls	6.65	▼ 8 P11	STA Race Start	16
20	Gabriel BortoletoAudi	6.56	▼ 5 P15	CON Consistency	15
21	Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing	6.56	▼ 13 P8	CLN Cleanliness	13
22	Franco ColapintoAlpine	6.55	▼ 10 P12	STA Race Start	16
23	Valtteri BottasCadillac	6.00	▼ 2 P21	PAC Race Pace	12

The nine dimensions

season grade per measure · click a column to sort · last row = field average

Pos	Driver	OVD	PAC	CON	ATK	TYR	QUA	STA	PIT	CLN	INDEX
1	VERMax Verstappen	10.00	10.00	9.13	9.58	8.06	8.73	7.28	8.20	8.65	10.00
2	ANTKimi Antonelli	9.38	9.74	9.14	9.11	9.42	8.40	7.62	7.98	7.76	9.67
3	LECCharles Leclerc	9.04	9.35	8.83	7.71	7.51	8.10	8.84	6.84	8.63	9.16
4	NORLando Norris	8.94	8.82	8.97	8.19	8.39	8.22	7.86	6.88	8.28	9.09
5	ALOFernando Alonso	9.00	8.99	7.01	7.02	9.25	9.74	7.76	8.04	8.28	8.88
6	HAMLewis Hamilton	8.50	8.88	7.87	7.97	7.50	7.94	7.78	8.10	8.69	8.59
7	GASPierre Gasly	8.49	8.14	7.72	8.09	8.65	8.99	7.54	7.41	8.12	8.56
8	BEAOliver Bearman	8.15	8.39	8.32	8.93	7.92	8.97	7.53	8.34	8.33	8.53
9	PERSergio Perez	8.42	8.98	6.31	8.27	7.72	8.66	7.85	7.87	6.63	8.36
10	PIAOscar Piastri	8.33	7.88	8.38	8.18	7.35	7.82	8.64	7.16	8.08	8.35
11	RUSGeorge Russell	7.27	8.45	8.09	8.10	7.68	7.63	7.56	7.91	9.52	8.23
12	SAICarlos Sainz	7.49	8.03	8.05	7.47	7.47	9.39	9.27	7.41	7.71	8.08
13	OCOEsteban Ocon	7.74	7.78	8.12	8.00	7.64	7.05	9.02	7.70	8.65	7.85
14	TSUYuki Tsunoda	7.96	7.13	9.84	7.55	9.70	6.00	7.47	8.79	8.36	7.78
15	HULNico Hulkenberg	8.18	7.56	8.14	6.90	9.51	8.54	6.88	8.98	8.75	7.62
16	LAWLiam Lawson	8.40	6.98	9.02	8.16	8.68	8.18	9.26	7.92	8.80	7.54
17	STRLance Stroll	6.82	8.06	7.27	7.67	8.26	6.26	7.75	8.91	6.89	7.15
18	ALBAlexander Albon	6.64	8.30	7.66	7.71	8.10	6.61	8.54	8.01	6.94	7.09
19	LINArvid Lindblad	7.79	6.94	8.23	7.97	7.68	8.02	8.76	8.09	7.90	6.65
20	BORGabriel Bortoleto	6.54	7.67	8.14	6.40	6.68	7.49	6.42	8.10	7.80	6.56
21	HADIsack Hadjar	6.46	7.36	8.16	7.53	7.43	7.55	7.95	7.55	9.07	6.56
22	COLFranco Colapinto	6.59	7.33	7.43	8.32	8.05	7.03	8.62	7.43	7.29	6.55
23	BOTValtteri Bottas	7.30	7.51	6.34	6.58	6.36	7.36	6.83	6.74	6.61	6.00
	Field average	8.18	7.98	8.13	8.08	8.12	8.02	7.87	7.88	8.14	7.80

OVD Overdelivery PAC Race Pace CON Consistency ATK Attack & Defence TYR Tyre Management QUA Qualifying STA Race Start PIT Pit Stop Execution CLN Cleanliness

A race grade rates one afternoon; a season grade rates a driver across the year against the rest of the grid. They answer different questions, so the season figure is not the row added up. – = not classified, never counted towards the season. The DriverIndex Championship (points) is on the standings page.