Oscar Piastri vs Liam Lawson: 2026 head to head

Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson over 20 rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Piastri qualified ahead 18–2 and finished ahead in 12 of the 16 races both completed, Lawson in 4. In qualifying Piastri was 0.625 s quicker on the median (0.76%). On race pace Piastri was 0.915 s a lap quicker on average. Points: Piastri 158, Lawson 85.

Season totals

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

 Oscar PiastriLiam Lawson
Points15885
Wins00
Podiums20
Poles00
Best finishP2P5
Finishes in the points1415
Laps led420
Fastest laps00
Finishes1719
Retirements11
Disqualifications00
Qualified ahead (Grands Prix)182
Qualifying gap (median)−0.625 s
Finished ahead in Grands Prix (both finished)124
Qualified ahead (sprints)20
Finished ahead in sprints (both finished)50
Quicker race pace, lap against lap230
Race pace gap a lap−0.915 s
Average qualifying positionP6.3P10.2
Q3 appearances1811
Q1 exits00
Average grid positionP6.3P10.9
Average finishing positionP6.4P8.5
Places gained on lap 1−0.4+1.2
Places gained per race+0.1+2.4
Pace off the quickest of the race0.90%2.03%
Pace steadiness over the race1.30%1.70%
Pace steadiness within a stint0.69%0.80%
Pit stops4137
Time in the pit lane31.1 s25.1 s
Laps in dirty air19%17%
Penalties11
Time penalties+10 s+10 s
Places to time penalties——
Points to time penalties——

Round by round

RdGrand PrixQuali PIA / LAWSprint PIA / LAWRace PIA / LAWRace pace
1Australian Grand PrixP5 / P8—DNS / P13—
2Chinese Grand PrixP5 / P14P6 / P7DNS / P7—
3Japanese Grand PrixP3 / P14—P2 / P9PIA −1.412 s
4Miami Grand PrixP7 / P11P2 / P14P3 / DNFPIA −2.875 s
5Canadian Grand PrixP4 / P12P4 / P11P11 / P7PIA −0.457 s
6Monaco Grand PrixP7 / P10—P4 / P5PIA −0.445 s
7Barcelona Grand PrixP7 / P8—P5 / P8PIA −1.683 s
8Austrian Grand PrixP7 / P9—P4 / P9PIA −0.754 s
9British Grand PrixP8 / P10P7 / P8P11 / P6PIA −0.761 s
10Belgian Grand PrixP7 / P11—P5 / P12PIA −1.211 s
11Hungarian Grand PrixP5 / P11—DNF / P8PIA −1.228 s
12Dutch Grand PrixP4 / P8P5 / P11P6 / P7PIA −0.643 s
13Italian Grand PrixP3 / P14—P5 / P14PIA −0.313 s
14Spanish Grand PrixP7 / P8—P8 / P6PIA −0.060 s
15Azerbaijan Grand PrixP3 / P12—P13 / P12PIA −1.075 s
16Bahrain Grand PrixP7 / P11—P6 / P7PIA −0.801 s
17Singapore Grand PrixP7 / P9DNF / P5P5 / P7PIA −1.101 s
18United States Grand PrixP7 / P10—P7 / P9PIA −0.306 s
19Mexico City Grand PrixP12 / P8—P7 / P9PIA −0.250 s
20São Paulo Grand PrixP12 / P5—P6 / P7PIA −0.723 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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