Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs SergioPerezCadillac

PER 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
#11The Index · 8.07
P11DI championship · 49 pts
1best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Lewis Hamilton vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, 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 8.07 — P5 against P11, a gap of 0.85 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.45 against 6.26. Sergio Perez takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.34 to 6.89. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying, Race Start, Pit Stop Execution. 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 Sergio Perez's P11 on 49. Officially they stand P2 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.26 B Race Pace 8.95
8.15 C Consistency 6.06
7.82 D Attack & Defence 8.17
6.89 E Tyre Management 8.34
7.86 F Qualifying 7.95
8.04 G Race Start 7.90
8.45 I Cleanliness 6.26

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified