OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing
VER leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oliver Bearman vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 8.36 — P1 against P10, a gap of 1.44 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.91 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Expected Position back the other way, 10.00 to 8.12. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 139 points to Oliver Bearman's P6 on 81. Officially they stand P6 and P13.