Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LiamLawsonRacing Bulls

Liam Lawson leads 8–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#16The Index · 7.54
P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts
P9Official · 68 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 6.5 SUZ 6.6 8.4 MIA 7.0 – CAN 7.3 7.6 MON – 8.3 ESP – 7.3 AUT – 7.9 GBR 7.5 8.3 HUN – 8.1 ITA 7.2 7.9 MAD 6.6 7.4 BAK 7.6 8.3 MAL 6.3 9.0 SIN 6.8 8.1

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.40
7.51 PAC Race Pace 6.98
6.34 CON Consistency 9.02
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.16
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 8.68
7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.18
6.83 STA Race Start 9.26
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.92
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Liam Lawson for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 6.00 — P16 against P23, a gap of 1.54 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 8 of 11 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.51 against 6.98. Liam Lawson takes Consistency back the other way, 9.02 to 6.34. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P17 on 35 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P9 and P21.