EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs LanceStrollAston Martin
OCO leads the grade duel 7–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Esteban Ocon vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersEsteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 7.31 — P12 against P15, a gap of 0.40 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.49 against 6.53. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.83 to 7.74. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P18 and P21.