GabrielBortoletoAudi vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Gabriel Bortoleto vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersGabriel Bortoleto drives for Audi, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 7.03 — P8 against P18, a gap of 1.56 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.12 against 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 9.20 to 6.44. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Gabriel Bortoleto's P13 on 39. Officially they stand P7 and P14.