Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

Lando Norris leads 10–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 6.5 8.2 SHA 8.4 – SUZ 8.4 7.9 MIA – 9.7 CAN 7.6 7.7 MON 8.3 8.1 ESP 7.3 8.8 AUT 7.9 7.5 GBR 8.3 8.7 SPA 6.8 8.9 HUN 8.1 9.5 NED 7.6 8.8 ITA 7.9 8.8 MAD 7.4 9.3 BAK 8.3 7.3 MAL 9.0 7.6 SIN 8.1 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 8.94

6.98 PAC Race Pace 8.82

9.02 CON Consistency 8.97

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 8.19

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 8.39

8.18 QUA Qualifying 8.22

9.26 STA Race Start 7.86

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.88

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 7.54 — P4 against P16, a gap of 1.55 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 15 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.26 against 7.86. Lando Norris takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.82 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Attack & Defence, Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P6 and P9.