LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team
OCO leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Liam Lawson vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLiam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 7.37 — P12 against P14, a gap of 0.34 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.98 against 7.00. Esteban Ocon takes Race Pace back the other way, 7.80 to 6.81. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P18 and P9.