OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs GeorgeRussellMercedes
BEA leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oliver Bearman vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, George Russell for Mercedes, 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 7.60 — P10 against P13, a gap of 0.76 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 Expected Position — 8.12 against 6.29. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.65 to 8.17. 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 George Russell's P15 on 28. Officially they stand P13 and P3.