SergioPerezCadillac vs CarlosSainzWilliams
PER leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Sergio Perez vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersSergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Carlos Sainz for Williams, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.51 to 8.07 — P9 against P11, a gap of 0.44 of a grade point. Round by round, Sergio Perez has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.17 against 6.87. Carlos Sainz takes Consistency back the other way, 7.66 to 6.06. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P9 on 74 points to Sergio Perez's P11 on 49. Officially they stand P15 and P21.