Head-to-head · season 2026 · Cadillac team mates

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs SergioPerezCadillac

Sergio Perez 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
#9The Index · 8.36
P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts
P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.9 SUZ 6.6 8.5 MIA 7.0 8.5 CAN 7.3 9.6 MON – 7.5 ESP – 7.6 AUT – – GBR 7.5 8.1 SPA 7.1 – HUN – 7.8 NED 8.2 8.2 ITA 7.2 7.7 MAD 6.6 8.7 BAK 7.6 8.8 MAL 6.3 7.1 SIN 6.8 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.42
7.51 PAC Race Pace 8.98
6.34 CON Consistency 6.31
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.27
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 7.72
7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.66
6.83 STA Race Start 7.85
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.87
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 6.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez are Cadillac team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.36 to 6.00 — P9 against P23, a gap of 2.36 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Consistency — 6.34 against 6.31. Sergio Perez takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.27 to 6.58. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P8 on 91 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P21 and P21.