Head-to-head · season 2026 · Ferrari team mates

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs CharlesLeclercFerrari

Charles Leclerc leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#6The Index · 8.59

P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P3Official · 202 pts

#3The Index · 9.16

P3DriverIndex Championship · 155 pts

P5Official · 181 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 9.7 SHA 8.8 8.3 SUZ 8.0 9.4 MIA 7.6 7.3 CAN 9.1 8.5 MON 9.5 9.5 ESP 9.8 8.0 AUT 7.9 7.5 GBR 7.7 9.6 SPA 7.8 8.9 HUN 7.9 7.8 NED 8.4 9.0 ITA 7.5 6.3 MAD – 8.1 BAK 7.9 8.3 MAL 7.8 7.9 SIN 7.8 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.50 OVD Overdelivery 9.04

8.88 PAC Race Pace 9.35

7.87 CON Consistency 8.83

7.97 ATK Attack & Defence 7.71

7.50 TYR Tyre Management 7.51

7.94 QUA Qualifying 8.10

7.78 STA Race Start 8.84

8.10 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.84

8.69 CLN Cleanliness 8.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lewis Hamilton vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are Ferrari team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.16 to 8.59 — P3 against P6, a gap of 0.56 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.10 against 6.84. Charles Leclerc takes Race Start back the other way, 8.84 to 7.78. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P3 on 155 points to Lewis Hamilton's P7 on 95. Officially they stand P5 and P3.