Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

HAM leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 8.92 — P4 against P5, a gap of 0.33 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.00 against 6.78. Lando Norris takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.33 to 6.89. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Lewis Hamilton's P5 on 95. Officially they stand P4 and P2.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.26 B Race Pace 9.06
8.15 C Consistency 9.15
7.82 D Attack & Defence 8.43
6.89 E Tyre Management 8.33
7.86 F Qualifying 8.16
8.04 G Race Start 8.18
8.45 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified