Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

George Russell leads 9–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 6.5 7.8 SHA 8.4 8.8 SUZ 8.4 7.5 MIA – 7.4 CAN 7.6 – MON 8.3 7.2 ESP 7.3 8.1 AUT 7.9 8.3 GBR 8.3 7.8 SPA 6.8 – HUN 8.1 7.7 NED 7.6 8.3 ITA 7.9 8.3 MAD 7.4 8.4 BAK 8.3 9.9 MAL 9.0 9.1 SIN 8.1 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

6.98 PAC Race Pace 8.45

9.02 CON Consistency 8.09

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.18 QUA Qualifying 7.63

9.26 STA Race Start 7.56

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. George Russell leads on The Index, 8.23 to 7.54 — P11 against P16, a gap of 0.68 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 9 of 14 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.26 against 7.56. George Russell takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.45 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — George Russell sits P12 on 75 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P2 and P9.