Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs CharlesLeclercFerrari

Charles Leclerc leads 11–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

#3The Index · 9.16

P3DriverIndex Championship · 155 pts

P5Official · 181 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 6.5 9.7 SHA 8.4 8.3 SUZ 8.4 9.4 MIA – 7.3 CAN 7.6 8.5 MON 8.3 9.5 ESP 7.3 8.0 AUT 7.9 7.5 GBR 8.3 9.6 SPA 6.8 8.9 HUN 8.1 7.8 NED 7.6 9.0 ITA 7.9 6.3 MAD 7.4 8.1 BAK 8.3 8.3 MAL 9.0 7.9 SIN 8.1 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 9.04

6.98 PAC Race Pace 9.35

9.02 CON Consistency 8.83

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 7.71

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 7.51

8.18 QUA Qualifying 8.10

9.26 STA Race Start 8.84

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.84

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 8.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.16 to 7.54 — P3 against P16, a gap of 1.61 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 11 of 16 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.68 against 7.51. Charles Leclerc takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.35 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P3 on 155 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P5 and P9.