KimiAntonelliMercedes vs OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team
ANT leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Oliver Bearman: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Oliver Bearman for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.50 to 8.36 — P2 against P10, a gap of 1.14 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.14 against 7.29. Oliver Bearman takes Race Start back the other way, 7.91 to 7.37. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P3 on 118 points to Oliver Bearman's P6 on 81. Officially they stand P1 and P13.