Head-to-head · season 2026

LandoNorrisMcLaren vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Lando Norris leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.2 7.3 SHA – 9.0 SUZ 7.9 8.3 MIA 9.7 8.5 CAN 7.7 9.1 MON 8.1 8.0 ESP 8.8 8.8 AUT 7.5 – GBR 8.7 7.5 SPA 8.9 7.8 HUN 9.5 7.8 NED 8.8 6.4 ITA 8.8 9.2 MAD 9.3 6.4 BAK 7.3 7.6 MAL 7.6 8.2 SIN 8.4 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.94 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.82 PAC Race Pace 8.03

8.97 CON Consistency 8.05

8.19 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

8.39 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

8.22 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.86 STA Race Start 9.27

6.88 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lando Norris vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Lando Norris drives for McLaren, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 8.08 — P4 against P12, a gap of 1.01 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Lando Norris's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 8.94 against 7.49. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.86. 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 Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P6 and P16.