GabrielBortoletoAudi vs CarlosSainzWilliams
SAI leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Gabriel Bortoleto vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersGabriel Bortoleto drives for Audi, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.51 to 7.03 — P9 against P18, a gap of 1.48 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.42 against 7.58. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.04 to 6.44. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P9 on 74 points to Gabriel Bortoleto's P13 on 39. Officially they stand P15 and P14.