Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing

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
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts

Oliver Bearman vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Liam Lawson for Red Bull Racing, 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 7.37 — P10 against P14, a gap of 0.99 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 Race Pace — 8.01 against 6.81. Liam Lawson takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.64 to 7.29. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position, Pit Stop Execution. 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 Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P13 and P9.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.01 B Race Pace 6.81
8.12 C Consistency 9.15
9.17 D Attack & Defence 8.30
7.29 E Tyre Management 8.64
9.02 F Qualifying 7.98
7.91 G Race Start 9.13
8.17 I Cleanliness 9.03

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified