Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

Lando Norris leads 9–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#15The Index · 7.62
P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts
P14Official · 11 pts
#4The Index · 9.09
P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts
P6Official · 168 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 8.2 SHA 7.7 – SUZ 7.9 7.9 MIA – 9.7 CAN 7.4 7.7 MON 7.5 8.1 ESP – 8.8 GBR 7.6 8.7 SPA 7.2 8.9 HUN 8.2 9.5 NED 7.9 8.8 ITA 7.6 8.8 MAD 7.6 9.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
8.18 OVD Overdelivery 8.94
7.56 PAC Race Pace 8.82
8.14 CON Consistency 8.97
6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 8.19
9.51 TYR Tyre Management 8.39
8.54 QUA Qualifying 8.22
6.88 STA Race Start 7.86
8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.88
8.75 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Nico Hulkenberg vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 7.62 — P4 against P15, a gap of 1.47 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.98 against 6.88. Lando Norris takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.19 to 6.90. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P6 and P14.