IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 8–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Isack Hadjar vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersIsack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.81 — P8 against P20, a gap of 1.78 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 8 of 11 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.03 against 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.68 to 7.03. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P7 and P8.