Head-to-head · season 2026 · Red Bull Racing team mates

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Max Verstappen leads 12–0 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#21The Index · 6.56

P18DriverIndex Championship · 32 pts

P8Official · 97 pts

#1The Index · 10.00

P1DriverIndex Championship · 195 pts

P4Official · 201 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 8.0 SHA 7.1 7.2 SUZ 7.0 8.8 MIA 6.1 8.2 CAN 7.2 8.7 MON 7.5 – ESP 7.5 8.9 AUT 8.5 9.7 GBR 8.0 9.2 SPA 8.8 9.2 HUN 8.0 9.6 NED – 6.2 ITA – 9.8 MAD – 9.1 BAK 8.6 9.7 MAL 7.3 9.1 SIN 6.7 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.46 OVD Overdelivery 10.00

7.36 PAC Race Pace 10.00

8.16 CON Consistency 9.13

7.53 ATK Attack & Defence 9.58

7.43 TYR Tyre Management 8.06

7.55 QUA Qualifying 8.73

7.95 STA Race Start 7.28

7.55 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.20

9.07 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Isack Hadjar vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?

Isack Hadjar and Max Verstappen 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. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 6.56 — P1 against P21, a gap of 3.44 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 12 of 12 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.95 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Overdelivery back the other way, 10.00 to 6.46. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Isack Hadjar's P18 on 32. Officially they stand P4 and P8.