EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Esteban Ocon vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersEsteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 7.71 — P8 against P12, a gap of 0.87 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 7.74 against 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.68 to 7.27. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P7 and P18.