Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

Lando Norris 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
#4The Index · 9.09
P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts
P6Official · 168 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 8.2 SHA 9.0 – SUZ 6.6 7.9 MIA 7.0 9.7 CAN 7.3 7.7 MON – 8.1 ESP – 8.8 AUT – 7.5 GBR 7.5 8.7 SPA 7.1 8.9 HUN – 9.5 NED 8.2 8.8 ITA 7.2 8.8 MAD 6.6 9.3 MAL 6.3 7.6 SIN 6.8 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.94
7.51 PAC Race Pace 8.82
6.34 CON Consistency 8.97
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.19
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 8.39
7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.22
6.83 STA Race Start 7.86
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.88
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 6.00 — P4 against P23, a gap of 3.09 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Lando Norris takes Consistency back the other way, 8.97 to 6.34. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P6 and P21.