Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

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
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

Lewis Hamilton vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 7.71 — P5 against P12, a gap of 1.21 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 Expected Position — 8.85 against 7.27. Esteban Ocon takes Tyre Management back the other way, 7.71 to 6.89. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P2 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.26 B Race Pace 7.80
8.15 C Consistency 8.33
7.82 D Attack & Defence 8.13
6.89 E Tyre Management 7.71
7.86 F Qualifying 7.00
8.04 G Race Start 8.66
8.45 I Cleanliness 8.49

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified