KimiAntonelliMercedes vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
ANT leads the grade duel 7–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, 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 8.59 — P2 against P8, a gap of 0.91 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.14 against 6.56. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 9.20 to 7.37. 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 Oscar Piastri's P8 on 74. Officially they stand P1 and P7.