Head-to-head · season 2026

EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs SergioPerezCadillac

PER leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts
#11The Index · 8.07
P11DI championship · 49 pts
1best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Esteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Sergio Perez for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.07 to 7.71 — P11 against P12, a gap of 0.36 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Consistency — 8.33 against 6.06. Sergio Perez takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.48 to 7.27. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P11 on 49 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P21 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.80 B Race Pace 8.95
8.33 C Consistency 6.06
8.13 D Attack & Defence 8.17
7.71 E Tyre Management 8.34
7.00 F Qualifying 7.95
8.66 G Race Start 7.90
8.49 I Cleanliness 6.26

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified