Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing

LAW 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
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts

Isack Hadjar vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson are Red Bull Racing team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.37 to 6.81 — P14 against P20, a gap of 0.56 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.47 against 6.81. Liam Lawson takes Race Start back the other way, 9.13 to 7.77. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P16 on 27 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P9 and P8.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.47 B Race Pace 6.81
8.00 C Consistency 9.15
6.99 D Attack & Defence 8.30
7.94 E Tyre Management 8.64
7.72 F Qualifying 7.98
7.77 G Race Start 9.13
8.84 I Cleanliness 9.03

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified