Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Lewis Hamilton leads 9–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#6The Index · 8.59

P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P3Official · 202 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.9 7.3 SHA 8.8 9.0 SUZ 8.0 8.3 MIA 7.6 8.5 CAN 9.1 9.1 MON 9.5 8.0 ESP 9.8 8.8 AUT 7.9 – GBR 7.7 7.5 SPA 7.8 7.8 HUN 7.9 7.8 NED 8.4 6.4 ITA 7.5 9.2 MAD – 6.4 BAK 7.9 7.6 MAL 7.8 8.2 SIN 7.8 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.50 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.88 PAC Race Pace 8.03

7.87 CON Consistency 8.05

7.97 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

7.50 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

7.94 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.78 STA Race Start 9.27

8.10 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

8.69 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lewis Hamilton vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.59 to 8.08 — P6 against P12, a gap of 0.51 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 9 of 15 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 8.50 against 7.49. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.78. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P7 on 95 points to Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P3 and P16.