Head-to-head · season 2026

LandoNorrisMcLaren vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

NOR leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

Lando Norris vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lando Norris drives for McLaren, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 7.71 — P4 against P12, a gap of 1.54 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Lando Norris's clearest advantage is Expected Position — 9.11 against 7.27. Esteban Ocon takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 7.74 to 6.78. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P4 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.06 B Race Pace 7.80
9.15 C Consistency 8.33
8.43 D Attack & Defence 8.13
8.33 E Tyre Management 7.71
8.16 F Qualifying 7.00
8.18 G Race Start 8.66
8.70 I Cleanliness 8.49

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified