LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs CarlosSainzWilliams
SAI leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Liam Lawson vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLiam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.51 to 7.37 — P9 against P14, a gap of 1.14 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Consistency — 9.15 against 7.66. Carlos Sainz takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.59 to 6.81. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P9 on 74 points to Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P15 and P9.