Head-to-head · season 2026

SergioPerezCadillac vs LanceStrollAston Martin

PER leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#11The Index · 8.07
P11DI championship · 49 pts
1best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Sergio Perez vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Sergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Sergio Perez leads on The Index, 8.07 to 7.31 — P11 against P15, a gap of 0.76 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 Qualifying — 7.95 against 6.29. Lance Stroll takes Consistency back the other way, 6.99 to 6.06. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Sergio Perez sits P11 on 49 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P21 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.95 B Race Pace 8.28
6.06 C Consistency 6.99
8.17 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.34 E Tyre Management 8.12
7.95 F Qualifying 6.29
7.90 G Race Start 7.84
6.26 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified