LandoNorrisMcLaren vs SergioPerezCadillac
NOR leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Lando Norris vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLando Norris drives for McLaren, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, 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 8.07 — P4 against P11, a gap of 1.18 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 Consistency — 9.15 against 6.06. Sergio Perez takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 7.99 to 6.78. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Tyre Management. 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 Sergio Perez's P11 on 49. Officially they stand P4 and P21.