Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

BEA leads the grade duel 7–6 — 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
#17The Index · 7.13
P21DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P15official · 6 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oliver Bearman leads on The Index, 8.36 to 7.13 — P10 against P17, a gap of 1.22 of a grade point. Round by round, Oliver Bearman has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 9.17 against 6.69. Nico Hulkenberg takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.99 to 7.29. 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 Nico Hulkenberg's P21 on 16. Officially they stand P13 and P15.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.01 B Race Pace 7.31
8.12 C Consistency 7.91
9.17 D Attack & Defence 6.69
7.29 E Tyre Management 9.99
9.02 F Qualifying 8.72
7.91 G Race Start 6.38
8.17 I Cleanliness 8.62

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified