EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs CarlosSainzWilliams
OCO leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Esteban Ocon vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersEsteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.51 to 7.71 — P9 against P12, a gap of 0.80 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.13 against 6.87. Carlos Sainz takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.32 to 7.00. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P9 on 74 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P15 and P18.