Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

Lewis Hamilton 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

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 8.2 SHA 8.8 – SUZ 8.0 7.9 MIA 7.6 9.7 CAN 9.1 7.7 MON 9.5 8.1 ESP 9.8 8.8 AUT 7.9 7.5 GBR 7.7 8.7 SPA 7.8 8.9 HUN 7.9 9.5 NED 8.4 8.8 ITA 7.5 8.8 MAD – 9.3 BAK 7.9 7.3 MAL 7.8 7.6 SIN 7.8 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.50 OVD Overdelivery 8.94

8.88 PAC Race Pace 8.82

7.87 CON Consistency 8.97

7.97 ATK Attack & Defence 8.19

7.50 TYR Tyre Management 8.39

7.94 QUA Qualifying 8.22

7.78 STA Race Start 7.86

8.10 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.88

8.69 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lewis Hamilton vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 8.59 — P4 against P6, a gap of 0.50 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton 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 6.88. Lando Norris takes Consistency back the other way, 8.97 to 7.87. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Lewis Hamilton's P7 on 95. Officially they stand P6 and P3.