Head-to-head · season 2026 · McLaren team mates

LandoNorrisMcLaren vs OscarPiastriMcLaren

Lando Norris leads 10–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

#10The Index · 8.35

P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts

P7Official · 117 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL 8.2 – SHA – – SUZ 7.9 9.3 MIA 9.7 8.9 CAN 7.7 6.3 MON 8.1 8.0 ESP 8.8 7.8 AUT 7.5 8.7 GBR 8.7 7.5 SPA 8.9 8.0 HUN 9.5 9.3 NED 8.8 7.7 ITA 8.8 8.5 MAD 9.3 6.9 BAK 7.3 7.8 MAL 7.6 8.4 SIN 8.4 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.94 OVD Overdelivery 8.33

8.82 PAC Race Pace 7.88

8.97 CON Consistency 8.38

8.19 ATK Attack & Defence 8.18

8.39 TYR Tyre Management 7.35

8.22 QUA Qualifying 7.82

7.86 STA Race Start 8.64

6.88 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.16

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.08

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lando Norris vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are McLaren team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 8.35 — P4 against P10, a gap of 0.74 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 15 races where both were graded. Lando Norris's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.39 against 7.35. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 8.64 to 7.86. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Oscar Piastri's P9 on 88. Officially they stand P6 and P7.