LewisHamiltonFerrari vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
HAM leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Lewis Hamilton vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, 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 8.59 — P5 against P8, a gap of 0.34 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 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 9.20 to 8.04. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Qualifying. 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 Oscar Piastri's P8 on 74. Officially they stand P2 and P7.