Head-to-head · season 2026

EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs SergioPerezCadillac

Sergio Perez leads 9–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 7.9 SHA 6.9 7.5 SUZ 9.2 8.5 MIA 7.3 8.5 CAN 7.0 9.6 MON 9.2 7.5 ESP 7.3 7.6 AUT 7.6 – GBR 8.0 8.1 SPA 8.1 – HUN 8.1 7.8 NED 8.6 8.2 ITA 7.8 7.7 MAD 8.4 8.7 BAK 8.3 8.8 MAL 8.3 7.1 SIN 7.7 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.74 OVD Overdelivery 8.42

7.78 PAC Race Pace 8.98

8.12 CON Consistency 6.31

8.00 ATK Attack & Defence 8.27

7.64 TYR Tyre Management 7.72

7.05 QUA Qualifying 8.66

9.02 STA Race Start 7.85

7.70 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.87

8.65 CLN Cleanliness 6.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Esteban Ocon vs Sergio Perez: who is driving better in 2026?

Esteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.36 to 7.85 — P9 against P13, a gap of 0.51 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 9 of 15 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.65 against 6.63. Sergio Perez takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.66 to 7.05. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P8 on 91 points to Esteban Ocon's P13 on 51. Officially they stand P21 and P16.