Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs PierreGaslyAlpine

GAS leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#10The Index · 8.36
P6DI championship · 81 pts
2best-of-race
P13official · 17 pts
#6The Index · 8.86
P7DI championship · 80 pts
1best-of-race
P10official · 39 pts

Oliver Bearman vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Pierre Gasly for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.86 to 8.36 — P6 against P10, a gap of 0.50 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 9.17 against 8.24. Pierre Gasly takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.80 to 7.29. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oliver Bearman sits P6 on 81 points to Pierre Gasly's P7 on 80. Officially they stand P13 and P10.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.01 B Race Pace 8.46
8.12 C Consistency 7.77
9.17 D Attack & Defence 8.24
7.29 E Tyre Management 8.80
9.02 F Qualifying 9.26
7.91 G Race Start 7.83
8.17 I Cleanliness 8.20

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified