Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Nico Hulkenberg leads 7–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#21The Index · 6.56

P18DriverIndex Championship · 32 pts

P8Official · 97 pts

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL – – SHA 7.1 7.7 SUZ 7.0 7.9 MIA 6.1 – CAN 7.2 7.4 MON 7.5 7.5 ESP 7.5 – AUT 8.5 8.1 GBR 8.0 7.6 SPA 8.8 7.2 HUN 8.0 8.2 NED – 7.9 ITA – 7.6 MAD – 7.6 BAK 8.6 8.8 MAL 7.3 7.9 SIN 6.7 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.46 OVD Overdelivery 8.18

7.36 PAC Race Pace 7.56

8.16 CON Consistency 8.14

7.53 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90

7.43 TYR Tyre Management 9.51

7.55 QUA Qualifying 8.54

7.95 STA Race Start 6.88

7.55 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98

9.07 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Isack Hadjar vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Isack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 6.56 — P15 against P21, a gap of 1.06 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.95 against 6.88. Nico Hulkenberg takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.51 to 7.43. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Isack Hadjar's P18 on 32. Officially they stand P14 and P8.