Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Lewis Hamilton leads 8–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

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#21The Index · 6.56
P18DriverIndex Championship · 32 pts
P8Official · 97 pts
#6The Index · 8.59
P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts
P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 8.9 SHA 7.1 8.8 SUZ 7.0 8.0 MIA 6.1 7.6 CAN 7.2 9.1 MON 7.5 9.5 ESP 7.5 9.8 NED – 8.4 ITA – 7.5 MAD – – MAL 7.3 7.8 SIN 6.7 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.46 OVD Overdelivery 8.50
7.36 PAC Race Pace 8.88
8.16 CON Consistency 7.87
7.53 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97
7.43 TYR Tyre Management 7.50
7.55 QUA Qualifying 7.94
7.95 STA Race Start 7.78
7.55 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10
9.07 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Isack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.56 — P6 against P21, a gap of 2.04 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.07 against 8.69. Lewis Hamilton takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.50 to 6.46. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P7 on 95 points to Isack Hadjar's P18 on 32. Officially they stand P3 and P8.