Head-to-head · season 2026

GabrielBortoletoAudi vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

NOR leads the grade duel 11–2 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#18The Index · 7.03
P13DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P14official · 10 pts
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Gabriel Bortoleto vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Gabriel Bortoleto drives for Audi, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 7.03 — P4 against P18, a gap of 2.22 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 11 of 13 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.12 against 6.78. Lando Norris takes Expected Position back the other way, 9.11 to 7.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Gabriel Bortoleto's P13 on 39. Officially they stand P4 and P14.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.60 B Race Pace 9.06
7.97 C Consistency 9.15
6.96 D Attack & Defence 8.43
6.98 E Tyre Management 8.33
7.31 F Qualifying 8.16
6.44 G Race Start 8.18
8.42 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified