IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team
HAD leads the grade duel 7–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Isack Hadjar vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersIsack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 6.81 — P12 against P20, a gap of 0.91 of a grade point. Round by round, Isack Hadjar has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.72 against 7.00. Esteban Ocon takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.13 to 6.99. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P18 and P8.