Driver Index

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@WilliamsRacing https://t.co/CtkCiqkKpd

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Carlos Sainz has 6 points in the official championship. P16.

In our driver-merit championship he has 74 points. P9.

Seven places higher the moment the Williams stops being part of his score.

https://t.co/DitbvWVuXO

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@F1 https://t.co/sDlIPVDSjx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

The three best drives of 2026, all graded 9.8 out of 10:

Hamilton at Barcelona
Antonelli at Monza
Verstappen at Monza

Nobody has scored a 9.9 yet. Fourteen races in, the perfect race is still out there.

https://t.co/rOCR78nRSF

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@F1 https://t.co/CtkCiqkKpd

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Carlos Sainz has 6 points in the official championship. P16.

In our driver-merit championship he has 74 points. P9.

Seven places higher the moment the Williams stops being part of his score.

https://t.co/DitbvWVuXO

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

@WilliamsRacing @GulfOilIntl https://t.co/CtkCiqkKpd

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Carlos Sainz has 6 points in the official championship. P16.

In our driver-merit championship he has 74 points. P9.

Seven places higher the moment the Williams stops being part of his score.

https://t.co/DitbvWVuXO

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@SkySportsF1 https://t.co/sDlIPVDSjx

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@SkySportsF1 https://t.co/VA11XNllJx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Who is the best F1 driver of 2026?

Not a poll. Not a panel of pundits. Nine metrics from official timing data, car performance stripped out, 23 drivers, 14 races.

The answer: Verstappen, 9.88. Then Antonelli, 9.48.

https://t.co/5tlsfSKYcM

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@SkySportsF1 https://t.co/CtkCiqkKpd

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Carlos Sainz has 6 points in the official championship. P16.

In our driver-merit championship he has 74 points. P9.

Seven places higher the moment the Williams stops being part of his score.

https://t.co/DitbvWVuXO

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@Planet_F1 https://t.co/1cVT4J0CZL

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The most one-sided garage in Formula 1 right now:

Antonelli 12 — 2 Russell.

Fourteen rounds, identical Mercedes, and the 20-year-old graded higher in twelve of them.

Same car is the only fair fight this sport has.

https://t.co/tFNONdaCM5

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@Motorsport @LewisHamilton https://t.co/sDlIPVDSjx

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The three best drives of 2026, all graded 9.8 out of 10:

Hamilton at Barcelona
Antonelli at Monza
Verstappen at Monza

Nobody has scored a 9.9 yet. Fourteen races in, the perfect race is still out there.

https://t.co/rOCR78nRSF

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

@F1 https://t.co/VA11XNllJx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Who is the best F1 driver of 2026?

Not a poll. Not a panel of pundits. Nine metrics from official timing data, car performance stripped out, 23 drivers, 14 races.

The answer: Verstappen, 9.88. Then Antonelli, 9.48.

https://t.co/5tlsfSKYcM

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@autosport https://t.co/sGx4wh5LmC

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Overdelivery: how far a driver beats the result their own car should deliver.

Max Verstappen's season score is 10.00.

Not 9.9. The actual top of the scale. Second place is Norris on 9.28.

Nobody is taking more out of a car than it has in it.

https://t.co/ihpPeRHTR9

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

@F1 https://t.co/VA11XNllJx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Who is the best F1 driver of 2026?

Not a poll. Not a panel of pundits. Nine metrics from official timing data, car performance stripped out, 23 drivers, 14 races.

The answer: Verstappen, 9.88. Then Antonelli, 9.48.

https://t.co/5tlsfSKYcM

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

@SkySportsF1 https://t.co/sDlIPVDSjx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

The three best drives of 2026, all graded 9.8 out of 10:

Hamilton at Barcelona
Antonelli at Monza
Verstappen at Monza

Nobody has scored a 9.9 yet. Fourteen races in, the perfect race is still out there.

https://t.co/rOCR78nRSF

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@HaasF1Team https://t.co/cvJ7P1XH5q

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Oliver Bearman is P13 in the official championship with 17 points.

On driver merit he is P6 with 81 — ahead of Gasly, ahead of Sainz, ahead of Piastri.

Twice this season we graded him the best driver of the whole race. In a Haas.

https://t.co/wOAyBmDW6d

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@McLarenF1 https://t.co/sGx4wh5LmC

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Overdelivery: how far a driver beats the result their own car should deliver.

Max Verstappen's season score is 10.00.

Not 9.9. The actual top of the scale. Second place is Norris on 9.28.

Nobody is taking more out of a car than it has in it.

https://t.co/ihpPeRHTR9

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@ScuderiaFerrari https://t.co/DoTs5bYDb7

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Charles Leclerc drove a flawless Madrid: 10.0 on our cleanliness ledger. Not one error, not one penalty.

He still came out 11th on merit that day.

Clean and fast are two different things, so we score them separately.

https://t.co/QryBcTjlMa

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@HaasF1Team https://t.co/cvJ7P1XH5q

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Oliver Bearman is P13 in the official championship with 17 points.

On driver merit he is P6 with 81 — ahead of Gasly, ahead of Sainz, ahead of Piastri.

Twice this season we graded him the best driver of the whole race. In a Haas.

https://t.co/wOAyBmDW6d

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@F1 https://t.co/xi7dLUiAzG

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Fourteen races into 2026, the driver who won was also the best driver on track exactly twice.

Twice.

The other twelve times somebody else drove the better race and got less for it.

That is the entire reason this site exists.

https://t.co/5HvEy08H4S

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@F1 https://t.co/Sd6hWmEu8W

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Nico Hülkenberg is the best tyre manager in Formula 1: 9.84 out of 10, top of the grid. He leads pit-stop execution too.

He is 18th on our season driver rating.

We publish nine separate scores, because "good" was never one number.

https://t.co/DkEfNiFUjX

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@redbullracing @EASPORTSFC https://t.co/VA11XNllJx

[Driver Index @F1DriverIndex]

Who is the best F1 driver of 2026?

Not a poll. Not a panel of pundits. Nine metrics from official timing data, car performance stripped out, 23 drivers, 14 races.

The answer: Verstappen, 9.88. Then Antonelli, 9.48.

https://t.co/5tlsfSKYcM