OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
BEA leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oliver Bearman vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 8.36 — P8 against P10, a gap of 0.23 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 Pit Stop Execution — 8.15 against 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 9.20 to 7.91. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Consistency, 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 Oscar Piastri's P8 on 74. Officially they stand P13 and P7.