Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

BEA leads the grade duel 8–5 — 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
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

Oliver Bearman vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon are Haas F1 Team team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Oliver Bearman leads on The Index, 8.36 to 7.71 — P10 against P12, a gap of 0.64 of a grade point. Round by round, Oliver Bearman has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.02 against 7.00. Esteban Ocon takes Race Start back the other way, 8.66 to 7.91. 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 Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P13 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.01 B Race Pace 7.80
8.12 C Consistency 8.33
9.17 D Attack & Defence 8.13
7.29 E Tyre Management 7.71
9.02 F Qualifying 7.00
7.91 G Race Start 8.66
8.17 I Cleanliness 8.49

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified