Head-to-head · season 2026

OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Max Verstappen leads 10–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#8The Index · 8.53
P5DriverIndex Championship · 101 pts
P13Official · 19 pts
#1The Index · 10.00
P1DriverIndex Championship · 195 pts
P4Official · 201 pts

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
8.15 OVD Overdelivery 10.00
8.39 PAC Race Pace 10.00
8.32 CON Consistency 9.13
8.97 QUA Qualifying 8.73
7.53 STA Race Start 7.28
8.33 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Oliver Bearman vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?

Oliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 8.53 — P1 against P8, a gap of 1.47 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 10 of 15 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.53 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Overdelivery back the other way, 10.00 to 8.15. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Oliver Bearman's P5 on 101. Officially they stand P4 and P13.