KimiAntonelliMercedes vs SergioPerezCadillac
ANT leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, 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 8.07 — P2 against P11, a gap of 1.42 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Consistency — 9.30 against 6.06. Sergio Perez takes Race Start back the other way, 7.90 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 Sergio Perez's P11 on 49. Officially they stand P1 and P21.