Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

Esteban Ocon leads 8–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 7.9 SHA 7.7 6.9 SUZ 7.9 9.2 MIA – 7.3 CAN 7.4 7.0 MON 7.5 9.2 ESP – 7.3 AUT 8.1 7.6 GBR 7.6 8.0 SPA 7.2 8.1 HUN 8.2 8.1 NED 7.9 8.6 ITA 7.6 7.8 MAD 7.6 8.4 BAK 8.8 8.3 MAL 7.9 8.3 SIN 9.6 7.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.18 OVD Overdelivery 7.74

7.56 PAC Race Pace 7.78

8.14 CON Consistency 8.12

6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 8.00

9.51 TYR Tyre Management 7.64

8.54 QUA Qualifying 7.05

6.88 STA Race Start 9.02

8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.70

8.75 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Nico Hulkenberg vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.85 to 7.62 — P13 against P15, a gap of 0.23 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.51 against 7.64. Esteban Ocon takes Race Start back the other way, 9.02 to 6.88. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P13 on 51 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P16 and P14.