Charles Leclerc vs Oscar Piastri: 2026 head to head

Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri over 20 rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Leclerc qualified ahead 15–5 and finished ahead in 10 of the 14 races both completed, Piastri in 4. In qualifying Leclerc was 0.200 s quicker on the median (0.27%). On race pace Leclerc was 0.288 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Leclerc 249, Piastri 158.

Season totals

Places and points: + gained, − lost. Time: − quicker, + slower. Green is in their favour, red against them.

 Charles LeclercOscar Piastri
Points249158
Wins10
Podiums62
Poles00
Best finishP1P2
Finishes in the points1714
Laps led14942
Fastest laps40
Finishes1717
Retirements31
Disqualifications00
Qualified ahead (Grands Prix)155
Qualifying gap (median)−0.200 s
Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished)104
Qualified ahead (sprints)20
Finished ahead in sprints (both finished)32
Quicker race pace, lap against lap176
Race pace gap a lap−0.288 s
Average qualifying positionP4.2P6.3
Q3 appearances2018
Q1 exits00
Average grid positionP4.5P6.3
Average finishing positionP4.1P6.4
Places gained on lap 1+0.6−0.4
Places gained per race+0.2+0.1
Pace off the quickest of the race0.47%0.90%
Pace steadiness over the race1.15%1.30%
Pace steadiness within a stint0.51%0.69%
Pit stops4041
Time in the pit lane27.7 s31.1 s
Laps in dirty air20%19%
Penalties11
Time penalties+5 s+10 s
Places to time penalties——
Points to time penalties——

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali LEC / PIASprint LEC / PIARace LEC / PIARace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP4 / P5—P3 / DNS—
2Chinese Grand PrixP4 / P5P2 / P6P4 / DNS—
3Japanese Grand PrixP4 / P3—P3 / P2PIA −0.084 s
4Miami Grand PrixP3 / P7P3 / P2P8 / P3PIA −0.141 s
5Canadian Grand PrixP8 / P4P5 / P4P4 / P11LEC −1.068 s
6Monaco Grand PrixP4 / P7—DNF / P4LEC −1.102 s
7Barcelona Grand PrixP10 / P7—DNF / P5LEC −0.280 s
8Austrian Grand PrixP2 / P7—P8 / P4PIA −0.084 s
9British Grand PrixP2 / P8P5 / P7P1 / P11LEC −0.738 s
10Belgian Grand PrixP5 / P7—P2 / P5LEC −0.286 s
11Hungarian Grand PrixP3 / P5—P4 / DNFPIA −0.164 s
12Dutch Grand PrixP6 / P4P2 / P5P5 / P6LEC −0.240 s
13Italian Grand PrixP4 / P3—DNF / P5—
14Spanish Grand PrixP5 / P7—P4 / P8LEC −0.915 s
15Azerbaijan Grand PrixP2 / P3—P4 / P13PIA −0.059 s
16Bahrain Grand PrixP5 / P7—P4 / P6LEC −0.119 s
17Singapore Grand PrixP2 / P7P3 / DNFP2 / P5LEC −0.234 s
18United States Grand PrixP4 / P7—P2 / P7LEC −0.877 s
19Mexico City Grand PrixP3 / P12—P4 / P7LEC −0.714 s
20São Paulo Grand PrixP4 / P12—P8 / P6PIA −0.848 s

Races and sprints count. Race pace is the median of the clean laps — no first lap, no laps into or out of the pits, nothing behind a safety car.

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