Head-to-head · season 2026

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.

VS
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts
#11The Index · 8.07
P11DI championship · 49 pts
1best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Lando Norris vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lando 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.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.06 B Race Pace 8.95
9.15 C Consistency 6.06
8.43 D Attack & Defence 8.17
8.33 E Tyre Management 8.34
8.16 F Qualifying 7.95
8.18 G Race Start 7.90
8.70 I Cleanliness 6.26

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified