OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs CarlosSainzWilliams
SAI leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oliver Bearman vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.51 to 8.36 — P9 against P10, a gap of 0.15 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 9.17 against 6.87. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.04 to 7.91. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position. 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 Carlos Sainz's P9 on 74. Officially they stand P13 and P15.