Head-to-head · season 2026
LewisHamiltonFerrari vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing
Max Verstappen leads 10–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.
Round by round
the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysisThe nine dimensions
season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measureRace grade, round by round
gaps = not classifiedLewis Hamilton vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 8.59 — P1 against P6, a gap of 1.41 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 10 of 15 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.78 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 9.58 to 7.97. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Lewis Hamilton's P7 on 95. Officially they stand P4 and P3.