Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs OscarPiastriMcLaren

Oscar Piastri leads 7–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

#10The Index · 8.35

P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts

P7Official · 117 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – – SHA 7.7 – SUZ 7.9 9.3 MIA – 8.9 CAN 7.4 6.3 MON 7.5 8.0 ESP – 7.8 AUT 8.1 8.7 GBR 7.6 7.5 SPA 7.2 8.0 HUN 8.2 9.3 NED 7.9 7.7 ITA 7.6 8.5 MAD 7.6 6.9 BAK 8.8 7.8 MAL 7.9 8.4 SIN 9.6 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.18 OVD Overdelivery 8.33

7.56 PAC Race Pace 7.88

8.14 CON Consistency 8.38

6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 8.18

9.51 TYR Tyre Management 7.35

8.54 QUA Qualifying 7.82

6.88 STA Race Start 8.64

8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.16

8.75 CLN Cleanliness 8.08

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Nico Hulkenberg vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.35 to 7.62 — P10 against P15, a gap of 0.74 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.51 against 7.35. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 8.64 to 6.88. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P9 on 88 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P7 and P14.