Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

George Russell leads 7–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#8The Index · 8.53

P5DriverIndex Championship · 101 pts

P13Official · 19 pts

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 7.8 SHA 9.4 8.8 SUZ 6.1 7.5 MIA 7.9 7.4 CAN 8.9 – MON – 7.2 ESP 7.9 8.1 AUT 7.8 8.3 GBR 7.5 7.8 SPA 9.2 – HUN 6.9 7.7 NED – 8.3 ITA 8.5 8.3 MAD 8.1 8.4 BAK 8.0 9.9 MAL 9.3 9.1 SIN 8.0 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.15 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

8.39 PAC Race Pace 8.45

8.32 CON Consistency 8.09

8.93 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

7.92 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.97 QUA Qualifying 7.63

7.53 STA Race Start 7.56

8.34 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.33 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Oliver Bearman vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, George Russell for Mercedes, 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 8.23 — P8 against P11, a gap of 0.30 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.97 against 7.63. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 8.33. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Race Start. 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 George Russell's P12 on 75. Officially they stand P13 and P2.