Head-to-head · season 2026

LandoNorrisMcLaren vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

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

#4The Index · 9.25

P4DI championship · 109 pts

1best-of-race

P4official · 139 pts

#13The Index · 7.60

P15DI championship · 28 pts

0best-of-race

P3official · 167 pts

Lando Norris vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lando Norris drives for McLaren, George Russell for Mercedes, 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 7.60 — P4 against P13, a gap of 1.65 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 6.29. George Russell takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 7.80 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 George Russell's P15 on 28. Officially they stand P4 and P3.

Round by round

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

MEL 8.2 7.8 SHA 8.0 8.8 SUZ 7.9 7.5 MIA 9.7 7.4 CAN 7.7 7.9 MON 8.1 7.2 ESP 8.8 8.1 AUT 7.5 8.3 GBR 8.7 7.8 SPA 8.9 7.9 HUN 9.5 7.7 NED 8.8 8.3 ITA 8.8 8.3

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric

9.11 A Expected Position 6.29

9.06 B Race Pace 8.23

9.15 C Consistency 8.30

8.43 D Attack & Defence 8.26

8.33 E Tyre Management 6.78

8.16 F Qualifying 7.27

8.18 G Race Start 6.86

6.78 H Pit Stop Execution 7.80

8.70 I Cleanliness 9.65

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified