Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Nico Hulkenberg leads 9–2 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#15The Index · 7.62
P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts
P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – – SUZ 6.6 7.9 MIA 7.0 – CAN 7.3 7.4 MON – 7.5 ESP – – AUT – 8.1 GBR 7.5 7.6 SPA 7.1 7.2 HUN – 8.2 ITA 7.2 7.6 MAD 6.6 7.6 BAK 7.6 8.8 MAL 6.3 7.9 SIN 6.8 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.18
7.51 PAC Race Pace 7.56
6.34 CON Consistency 8.14
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 9.51
7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.54
6.83 STA Race Start 6.88
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 6.00 — P15 against P23, a gap of 1.62 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 9 of 11 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.51 to 6.36. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P14 and P21.