Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing

Isack Hadjar leads 5–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#23The Index · 6.00

P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#21The Index · 6.56

P18DriverIndex Championship · 32 pts

P8Official · 97 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – – SHA 9.0 7.1 SUZ 6.6 7.0 MIA 7.0 6.1 CAN 7.3 7.2 MON – 7.5 ESP – 7.5 AUT – 8.5 GBR 7.5 8.0 SPA 7.1 8.8 HUN – 8.0 NED 8.2 – ITA 7.2 – MAD 6.6 – BAK 7.6 8.6 MAL 6.3 7.3 SIN 6.8 6.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.30 OVD Overdelivery 6.46

7.51 PAC Race Pace 7.36

6.34 CON Consistency 8.16

6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 7.53

6.36 TYR Tyre Management 7.43

7.36 QUA Qualifying 7.55

6.83 STA Race Start 7.95

6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.55

6.61 CLN Cleanliness 9.07

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Isack Hadjar: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Isack Hadjar for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Isack Hadjar leads on The Index, 6.56 to 6.00 — P21 against P23, a gap of 0.56 of a grade point. Round by round, Isack Hadjar has out-driven the other in 5 of 9 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 7.30 against 6.46. Isack Hadjar takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.07 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Isack Hadjar sits P18 on 32 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P8 and P21.