LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs CharlesLeclercFerrari
LEC leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Liam Lawson vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLiam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.37 to 7.37 — P3 against P14, a gap of 2.00 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.09 against 6.61. Charles Leclerc takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.63 to 6.81. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P2 on 130 points to Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P5 and P9.