ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LewisHamiltonFerrari
HAM leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersValtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 6.86 — P5 against P19, a gap of 2.06 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.09 against 7.86. Lewis Hamilton takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.85 to 7.16. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Valtteri Bottas's P19 on 19. Officially they stand P2 and P21.