Head-to-head · season 2026
KimiAntonelliMercedes vs CharlesLeclercFerrari
Kimi Antonelli leads 9–8 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.
Round by round
the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysisThe nine dimensions
season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measureRace grade, round by round
gaps = not classifiedKimi Antonelli vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?
Kimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.67 to 9.16 — P2 against P3, a gap of 0.51 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 9 of 17 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.42 against 7.51. Charles Leclerc takes Race Start back the other way, 8.84 to 7.62. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P2 on 181 points to Charles Leclerc's P3 on 155. Officially they stand P1 and P5.