Head-to-head · season 2026

CharlesLeclercFerrari vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

LEC leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#3The Index · 9.37
P2DI championship · 130 pts
2best-of-race
P5official · 127 pts
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Charles Leclerc vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Charles Leclerc drives for Ferrari, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.37 to 9.25 — P3 against P4, a gap of 0.11 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Charles Leclerc's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.68 against 8.18. Lando Norris takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.43 to 7.52. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position, Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P2 on 130 points to Lando Norris's P4 on 109. Officially they stand P5 and P4.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.63 B Race Pace 9.06
8.63 C Consistency 9.15
7.52 D Attack & Defence 8.43
8.09 E Tyre Management 8.33
8.18 F Qualifying 8.16
9.68 G Race Start 8.18
8.44 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified