Head-to-head · season 2026
LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team
Level at 8–8 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.
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gaps = not classifiedLiam Lawson vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?
Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.85 to 7.54 — P13 against P16, a gap of 0.30 of a grade point. Round by round the two are tied 8–8 across 16 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.18 against 7.05. Esteban Ocon takes Race Pace back the other way, 7.78 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P13 on 51 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P16 and P9.