Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

HAM leads the grade duel 7–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#20The Index · 6.81
P17DI championship · 25 pts
0best-of-race
P8official · 71 pts
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts

Isack Hadjar vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Isack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 6.81 — P5 against P20, a gap of 2.12 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 7.94 against 6.89. Lewis Hamilton takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.85 to 7.03. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Qualifying, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P2 and P8.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.47 B Race Pace 9.26
8.00 C Consistency 8.15
6.99 D Attack & Defence 7.82
7.94 E Tyre Management 6.89
7.72 F Qualifying 7.86
7.77 G Race Start 8.04
8.84 I Cleanliness 8.45

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified