Head-to-head · season 2026

GabrielBortoletoAudi vs LiamLawsonRacing Bulls

Liam Lawson leads 11–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#20The Index · 6.56

P16DriverIndex Championship · 43 pts

P15Official · 10 pts

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.1 6.5 SHA – 8.4 SUZ 7.0 8.4 MIA 9.5 – CAN 7.0 7.6 MON 7.2 8.3 ESP 6.6 7.3 AUT 8.3 7.9 GBR 8.0 8.3 SPA 8.6 6.8 HUN 7.2 8.1 NED 6.9 7.6 ITA 7.8 7.9 MAD 7.2 7.4 BAK 7.5 8.3 MAL 7.1 9.0 SIN – 8.1

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.54 OVD Overdelivery 8.40

7.67 PAC Race Pace 6.98

8.14 CON Consistency 9.02

6.40 ATK Attack & Defence 8.16

6.68 TYR Tyre Management 8.68

7.49 QUA Qualifying 8.18

6.42 STA Race Start 9.26

8.10 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.92

7.80 CLN Cleanliness 8.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Gabriel Bortoleto vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

Gabriel Bortoleto drives for Audi, Liam Lawson for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 6.56 — P16 against P20, a gap of 0.98 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 11 of 14 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.67 against 6.98. Liam Lawson takes Race Start back the other way, 9.26 to 6.42. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Gabriel Bortoleto sits P16 on 43 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P15 and P9.