Head-to-head · season 2026

EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

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

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 7.8 SHA 6.9 8.8 SUZ 9.2 7.5 MIA 7.3 7.4 CAN 7.0 – MON 9.2 7.2 ESP 7.3 8.1 AUT 7.6 8.3 GBR 8.0 7.8 SPA 8.1 – HUN 8.1 7.7 NED 8.6 8.3 ITA 7.8 8.3 MAD 8.4 8.4 BAK 8.3 9.9 MAL 8.3 9.1 SIN 7.7 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.74 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

7.78 PAC Race Pace 8.45

8.12 CON Consistency 8.09

8.00 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

7.64 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

7.05 QUA Qualifying 7.63

9.02 STA Race Start 7.56

7.70 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.65 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Esteban Ocon vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Esteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. George Russell leads on The Index, 8.23 to 7.85 — P11 against P13, a gap of 0.38 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.02 against 7.56. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 8.65. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Attack & Defence, Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — George Russell sits P12 on 75 points to Esteban Ocon's P13 on 51. Officially they stand P2 and P16.