Head-to-head · season 2026

CharlesLeclercFerrari vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

George Russell leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#3The Index · 9.16

P3DriverIndex Championship · 155 pts

P5Official · 181 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 9.7 7.8 SHA 8.3 8.8 SUZ 9.4 7.5 MIA 7.3 7.4 CAN 8.5 – MON 9.5 7.2 ESP 8.0 8.1 AUT 7.5 8.3 GBR 9.6 7.8 SPA 8.9 – HUN 7.8 7.7 NED 9.0 8.3 ITA 6.3 8.3 MAD 8.1 8.4 BAK 8.3 9.9 MAL 7.9 9.1 SIN 8.9 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.04 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

9.35 PAC Race Pace 8.45

8.83 CON Consistency 8.09

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

7.51 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.10 QUA Qualifying 7.63

8.84 STA Race Start 7.56

6.84 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.63 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Charles Leclerc vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Charles Leclerc drives for Ferrari, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.16 to 8.23 — P3 against P11, a gap of 0.93 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Charles Leclerc's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 9.04 against 7.27. George Russell takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 7.91 to 6.84. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P3 on 155 points to George Russell's P12 on 75. Officially they stand P5 and P2.