Head-to-head · season 2026

EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Esteban Ocon leads 10–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 7.3 SHA 6.9 9.0 SUZ 9.2 8.3 MIA 7.3 8.5 CAN 7.0 9.1 MON 9.2 8.0 ESP 7.3 8.8 AUT 7.6 – GBR 8.0 7.5 SPA 8.1 7.8 HUN 8.1 7.8 NED 8.6 6.4 ITA 7.8 9.2 MAD 8.4 6.4 BAK 8.3 7.6 MAL 8.3 8.2 SIN 7.7 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.74 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

7.78 PAC Race Pace 8.03

8.12 CON Consistency 8.05

8.00 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

7.64 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

7.05 QUA Qualifying 9.39

9.02 STA Race Start 9.27

7.70 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

8.65 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Esteban Ocon vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Esteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.08 to 7.85 — P12 against P13, a gap of 0.24 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 10 of 16 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.65 against 7.71. Carlos Sainz takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.39 to 7.05. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P10 on 79 points to Esteban Ocon's P13 on 51. Officially they stand P16 and P16.