Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs SergioPerezCadillac

Sergio Perez leads 7–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#15The Index · 7.62
P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts
P14Official · 11 pts
#9The Index · 8.36
P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts
P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.9 SUZ 7.9 8.5 MIA – 8.5 CAN 7.4 9.6 MON 7.5 7.5 ESP – 7.6 AUT 8.1 – GBR 7.6 8.1 SPA 7.2 – NED 7.9 8.2 ITA 7.6 7.7 MAD 7.6 8.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
8.18 OVD Overdelivery 8.42
7.56 PAC Race Pace 8.98
8.14 CON Consistency 6.31
6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 8.27
9.51 TYR Tyre Management 7.72
8.54 QUA Qualifying 8.66
6.88 STA Race Start 7.85
8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.87
8.75 CLN Cleanliness 6.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Nico Hulkenberg vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.36 to 7.62 — P9 against P15, a gap of 0.74 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.75 against 6.63. Sergio Perez takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.98 to 7.56. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P8 on 91 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P21 and P14.