Head-to-head · season 2026

KimiAntonelliMercedes vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Kimi Antonelli leads 13–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#2The Index · 9.67

P2DriverIndex Championship · 181 pts

P1Official · 309 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL 8.0 7.3 SHA 8.9 9.0 SUZ 8.4 8.3 MIA 8.7 8.5 CAN 8.1 9.1 MON 9.5 8.0 ESP 7.8 8.8 AUT 7.8 – GBR 8.4 7.5 SPA 8.3 7.8 HUN 9.1 7.8 NED 9.1 6.4 ITA 9.8 9.2 MAD 8.6 6.4 BAK 8.8 7.6 MAL 9.7 8.2 SIN 8.7 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.38 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

9.74 PAC Race Pace 8.03

9.14 CON Consistency 8.05

9.11 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

9.42 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

8.40 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.62 STA Race Start 9.27

7.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

7.76 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Kimi Antonelli vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Kimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.08 — P2 against P12, a gap of 1.59 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 13 of 16 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.42 against 7.47. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.62. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. 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 Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P1 and P16.