Head-to-head · season 2026

OscarPiastriMcLaren vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

Oscar Piastri leads 7–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#10The Index · 8.35

P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts

P7Official · 117 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 – 7.8 SHA – 8.8 SUZ 9.3 7.5 MIA 8.9 7.4 CAN 6.3 – MON 8.0 7.2 ESP 7.8 8.1 AUT 8.7 8.3 GBR 7.5 7.8 SPA 8.0 – HUN 9.3 7.7 NED 7.7 8.3 ITA 8.5 8.3 MAD 6.9 8.4 BAK 7.8 9.9 MAL 8.4 9.1 SIN 8.4 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.33 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

7.88 PAC Race Pace 8.45

8.38 CON Consistency 8.09

8.18 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

7.35 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

7.82 QUA Qualifying 7.63

8.64 STA Race Start 7.56

7.16 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.08 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Oscar Piastri vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Oscar Piastri drives for McLaren, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.35 to 8.23 — P10 against P11, a gap of 0.13 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Oscar Piastri's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.64 against 7.56. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 8.08. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P9 on 88 points to George Russell's P12 on 75. Officially they stand P7 and P2.