Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Carlos Sainz leads 8–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#8The Index · 8.53

P5DriverIndex Championship · 101 pts

P13Official · 19 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 7.3 SHA 9.4 9.0 SUZ 6.1 8.3 MIA 7.9 8.5 CAN 8.9 9.1 MON – 8.0 ESP 7.9 8.8 AUT 7.8 – GBR 7.5 7.5 SPA 9.2 7.8 HUN 6.9 7.8 NED – 6.4 ITA 8.5 9.2 MAD 8.1 6.4 BAK 8.0 7.6 MAL 9.3 8.2 SIN 8.0 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.15 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.39 PAC Race Pace 8.03

8.32 CON Consistency 8.05

8.93 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

7.92 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

8.97 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.53 STA Race Start 9.27

8.34 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

8.33 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Oliver Bearman vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.08 — P8 against P12, a gap of 0.45 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.93 against 7.47. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.53. 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 Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P13 and P16.