Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Lewis Hamilton leads 10–1 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#6The Index · 8.59
P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts
P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 8.9 SUZ 6.6 8.0 MIA 7.0 7.6 CAN 7.3 9.1 MON – 9.5 ESP – 9.8 AUT – 7.9 GBR 7.5 7.7 SPA 7.1 7.8 HUN – 7.9 NED 8.2 8.4 ITA 7.2 7.5 MAD 6.6 – BAK 7.6 7.9 MAL 6.3 7.8 SIN 6.8 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.50
7.51 PAC Race Pace 8.88
6.34 CON Consistency 7.87
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 7.50
7.36 QUA Qualifying 7.94
6.83 STA Race Start 7.78
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.00 — P6 against P23, a gap of 2.59 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.69 to 6.61. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P7 on 95 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P3 and P21.