ValtteriBottasCadillac vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team
OCO leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Valtteri Bottas vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersValtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 6.86 — P12 against P19, a gap of 0.85 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.09 against 7.00. Esteban Ocon takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.13 to 6.26. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Valtteri Bottas's P19 on 19. Officially they stand P18 and P21.