EstebanOconHaas F1 Team vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing
VER leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Esteban Ocon vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersEsteban Ocon drives for Haas F1 Team, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 7.71 — P1 against P12, a gap of 2.08 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Esteban Ocon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.66 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Expected Position back the other way, 10.00 to 7.27. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 139 points to Esteban Ocon's P12 on 39. Officially they stand P6 and P18.