Head-to-head · season 2026

CharlesLeclercFerrari vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

LEC leads the grade duel 10–3 — 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
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

Charles Leclerc vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Charles Leclerc drives for Ferrari, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, 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 7.71 — P3 against P12, a gap of 1.65 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Charles Leclerc's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 9.63 against 7.80. Esteban Ocon takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 7.74 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. 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 Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P5 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.63 B Race Pace 7.80
8.63 C Consistency 8.33
7.52 D Attack & Defence 8.13
8.09 E Tyre Management 7.71
8.18 F Qualifying 7.00
9.68 G Race Start 8.66
8.44 I Cleanliness 8.49

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified