Head-to-head · season 2026

SergioPerezCadillac vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

Sergio Perez leads 8–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 7.8 SHA 7.5 8.8 SUZ 8.5 7.5 MIA 8.5 7.4 CAN 9.6 – MON 7.5 7.2 ESP 7.6 8.1 AUT – 8.3 GBR 8.1 7.8 SPA – – HUN 7.8 7.7 NED 8.2 8.3 ITA 7.7 8.3 MAD 8.7 8.4 BAK 8.8 9.9 MAL 7.1 9.1 SIN 8.9 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.42 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

8.98 PAC Race Pace 8.45

6.31 CON Consistency 8.09

8.27 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

7.72 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.66 QUA Qualifying 7.63

7.85 STA Race Start 7.56

7.87 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

6.63 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Sergio Perez vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Sergio Perez drives for Cadillac, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.36 to 8.23 — P9 against P11, a gap of 0.13 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 8.42 against 7.27. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 6.63. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management, Pit Stop Execution. 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 George Russell's P12 on 75. Officially they stand P21 and P2.