Head-to-head · season 2026 · Audi team mates

GabrielBortoletoAudi vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Nico Hulkenberg leads 8–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#20The Index · 6.56

P16DriverIndex Championship · 43 pts

P15Official · 10 pts

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.1 – SHA – 7.7 SUZ 7.0 7.9 MIA 9.5 – CAN 7.0 7.4 MON 7.2 7.5 ESP 6.6 – AUT 8.3 8.1 GBR 8.0 7.6 SPA 8.6 7.2 HUN 7.2 8.2 NED 6.9 7.9 ITA 7.8 7.6 MAD 7.2 7.6 BAK 7.5 8.8 MAL 7.1 7.9 SIN – 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.54 OVD Overdelivery 8.18

7.67 PAC Race Pace 7.56

8.14 CON Consistency 8.14

6.40 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90

6.68 TYR Tyre Management 9.51

7.49 QUA Qualifying 8.54

6.42 STA Race Start 6.88

8.10 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98

7.80 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Gabriel Bortoleto vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg are Audi team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 6.56 — P15 against P20, a gap of 1.06 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 8 of 12 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.67 against 7.56. Nico Hulkenberg takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.51 to 6.68. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Gabriel Bortoleto's P16 on 43. Officially they stand P14 and P15.