Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Level at 6–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#8The Index · 8.53

P5DriverIndex Championship · 101 pts

P13Official · 19 pts

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 – SHA 9.4 7.7 SUZ 6.1 7.9 MIA 7.9 – CAN 8.9 7.4 MON – 7.5 ESP 7.9 – AUT 7.8 8.1 GBR 7.5 7.6 SPA 9.2 7.2 HUN 6.9 8.2 NED – 7.9 ITA 8.5 7.6 MAD 8.1 7.6 BAK 8.0 8.8 MAL 9.3 7.9 SIN 8.0 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.15 OVD Overdelivery 8.18

8.39 PAC Race Pace 7.56

8.32 CON Consistency 8.14

8.93 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90

7.92 TYR Tyre Management 9.51

8.97 QUA Qualifying 8.54

7.53 STA Race Start 6.88

8.34 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98

8.33 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Oliver Bearman vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Oliver Bearman leads on The Index, 8.53 to 7.62 — P8 against P15, a gap of 0.91 of a grade point. Round by round the two are tied 6–6 across 12 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.93 against 6.90. Nico Hulkenberg takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.51 to 7.92. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oliver Bearman sits P5 on 101 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P13 and P14.