SergioPerezCadillac vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Sergio Perez vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersSergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 8.07 — P8 against P11, a gap of 0.52 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.34 against 6.56. Oscar Piastri takes Consistency back the other way, 8.14 to 6.06. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Sergio Perez's P11 on 49. Officially they stand P7 and P21.