Head-to-head · season 2026

SergioPerezCadillac vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Sergio Perez leads 9–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 7.3 SHA 7.5 9.0 SUZ 8.5 8.3 MIA 8.5 8.5 CAN 9.6 9.1 MON 7.5 8.0 ESP 7.6 8.8 AUT – – GBR 8.1 7.5 SPA – 7.8 HUN 7.8 7.8 NED 8.2 6.4 ITA 7.7 9.2 MAD 8.7 6.4 BAK 8.8 7.6 MAL 7.1 8.2 SIN 8.9 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.42 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.98 PAC Race Pace 8.03

6.31 CON Consistency 8.05

8.27 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

7.72 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

8.66 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.85 STA Race Start 9.27

7.87 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

6.63 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Sergio Perez vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Sergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.08 — P9 against P12, a gap of 0.27 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 9 of 15 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.98 against 8.03. Carlos Sainz takes Consistency back the other way, 8.05 to 6.31. 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 Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P21 and P16.