KimiAntonelliMercedes vs CarlosSainzWilliams
ANT leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.51 — P2 against P9, a gap of 0.99 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.81 against 6.87. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.04 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 Carlos Sainz's P9 on 74. Officially they stand P1 and P15.