Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

NOR leads the grade duel 10–1 — 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
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Isack Hadjar vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Isack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 6.81 — P4 against P20, a gap of 2.45 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.03 against 6.78. Lando Norris takes Expected Position back the other way, 9.11 to 7.03. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P4 and P8.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.47 B Race Pace 9.06
8.00 C Consistency 9.15
6.99 D Attack & Defence 8.43
7.94 E Tyre Management 8.33
7.72 F Qualifying 8.16
7.77 G Race Start 8.18
8.84 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified