Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

Esteban Ocon leads 10–2 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#13The Index · 7.85
P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts
P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.9 SUZ 6.6 9.2 MIA 7.0 7.3 MON – 9.2 ESP – 7.3 AUT – 7.6 GBR 7.5 8.0 SPA 7.1 8.1 HUN – 8.1 NED 8.2 8.6 ITA 7.2 7.8 MAD 6.6 8.4 BAK 7.6 8.3 MAL 6.3 8.3 SIN 6.8 7.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 7.74
7.51 PAC Race Pace 7.78
6.34 CON Consistency 8.12
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.00
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 7.64
7.36 QUA Qualifying 7.05
6.83 STA Race Start 9.02
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.70
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.85 to 6.00 — P13 against P23, a gap of 1.85 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 10 of 12 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.36 against 7.05. Esteban Ocon takes Race Start back the other way, 9.02 to 6.83. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P13 on 51 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P16 and P21.