Head-to-head · season 2026

SergioPerezCadillac vs OscarPiastriMcLaren

Oscar Piastri leads 7–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#10The Index · 8.35

P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts

P7Official · 117 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 – SHA 7.5 – SUZ 8.5 9.3 MIA 8.5 8.9 CAN 9.6 6.3 MON 7.5 8.0 ESP 7.6 7.8 AUT – 8.7 GBR 8.1 7.5 SPA – 8.0 HUN 7.8 9.3 NED 8.2 7.7 ITA 7.7 8.5 MAD 8.7 6.9 BAK 8.8 7.8 MAL 7.1 8.4 SIN 8.9 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.42 OVD Overdelivery 8.33

8.98 PAC Race Pace 7.88

6.31 CON Consistency 8.38

8.27 ATK Attack & Defence 8.18

7.72 TYR Tyre Management 7.35

8.66 QUA Qualifying 7.82

7.85 STA Race Start 8.64

7.87 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.16

6.63 CLN Cleanliness 8.08

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Sergio Perez vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?

Sergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. On The Index they are level — 8.36 against 8.35, P9 and P10 of the grid. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.98 against 7.88. Oscar Piastri takes Consistency back the other way, 8.38 to 6.31. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P8 on 91 points to Oscar Piastri's P9 on 88. Officially they stand P21 and P7.