Head-to-head · season 2026

LandoNorrisMcLaren vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Max Verstappen leads 11–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

#1The Index · 10.00

P1DriverIndex Championship · 195 pts

P4Official · 201 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.2 8.0 SHA – 7.2 SUZ 7.9 8.8 MIA 9.7 8.2 CAN 7.7 8.7 MON 8.1 – ESP 8.8 8.9 AUT 7.5 9.7 GBR 8.7 9.2 SPA 8.9 9.2 HUN 9.5 9.6 NED 8.8 6.2 ITA 8.8 9.8 MAD 9.3 9.1 BAK 7.3 9.7 MAL 7.6 9.1 SIN 8.4 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.94 OVD Overdelivery 10.00

8.82 PAC Race Pace 10.00

8.97 CON Consistency 9.13

8.19 ATK Attack & Defence 9.58

8.39 TYR Tyre Management 8.06

8.22 QUA Qualifying 8.73

7.86 STA Race Start 7.28

6.88 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.20

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Lando Norris vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?

Lando Norris drives for McLaren, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 9.09 — P1 against P4, a gap of 0.91 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 11 of 15 races where both were graded. Lando Norris's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.86 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 9.58 to 8.19. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Lando Norris's P4 on 141. Officially they stand P4 and P6.