Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs SergioPerezCadillac

Sergio Perez leads 8–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 6.5 7.9 SHA 8.4 7.5 SUZ 8.4 8.5 MIA – 8.5 CAN 7.6 9.6 MON 8.3 7.5 ESP 7.3 7.6 AUT 7.9 – GBR 8.3 8.1 SPA 6.8 – HUN 8.1 7.8 NED 7.6 8.2 ITA 7.9 7.7 MAD 7.4 8.7 BAK 8.3 8.8 MAL 9.0 7.1 SIN 8.1 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 8.42

6.98 PAC Race Pace 8.98

9.02 CON Consistency 6.31

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 8.27

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 7.72

8.18 QUA Qualifying 8.66

9.26 STA Race Start 7.85

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.87

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 6.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.36 to 7.54 — P9 against P16, a gap of 0.81 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Consistency — 9.02 against 6.31. Sergio Perez takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.98 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Attack & Defence, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P8 on 91 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P21 and P9.