Head-to-head · season 2026

SergioPerezCadillac vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Max Verstappen leads 9–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#9The Index · 8.36

P8DriverIndex Championship · 91 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#1The Index · 10.00

P1DriverIndex Championship · 195 pts

P4Official · 201 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.9 8.0 SHA 7.5 7.2 SUZ 8.5 8.8 MIA 8.5 8.2 CAN 9.6 8.7 MON 7.5 – ESP 7.6 8.9 AUT – 9.7 GBR 8.1 9.2 SPA – 9.2 HUN 7.8 9.6 NED 8.2 6.2 ITA 7.7 9.8 MAD 8.7 9.1 BAK 8.8 9.7 MAL 7.1 9.1 SIN 8.9 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.42 OVD Overdelivery 10.00

8.98 PAC Race Pace 10.00

6.31 CON Consistency 9.13

8.27 ATK Attack & Defence 9.58

7.72 TYR Tyre Management 8.06

8.66 QUA Qualifying 8.73

7.85 STA Race Start 7.28

7.87 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.20

6.63 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Sergio Perez vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?

Sergio Perez drives for Cadillac, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 8.36 — P1 against P9, a gap of 1.64 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 9 of 14 races where both were graded. Sergio Perez's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.85 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Consistency back the other way, 9.13 to 6.31. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Sergio Perez's P8 on 91. Officially they stand P4 and P21.