Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs FernandoAlonsoAston Martin

Fernando Alonso leads 9–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#18The Index · 7.09
P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts
P19Official · 5 pts
#5The Index · 8.88
P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts
P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 8.3 – SHA – 8.4 SUZ 7.6 8.1 CAN – – MON 7.8 8.7 ESP 7.7 8.6 AUT 8.0 8.4 GBR 6.5 8.0 HUN 7.9 9.2 NED 7.5 8.9 ITA 8.1 – BAK 6.4 – MAL 8.2 9.1 SIN 7.9 8.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.64 OVD Overdelivery 9.00
8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.99
7.66 CON Consistency 7.01
7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 7.02
8.10 TYR Tyre Management 9.25
6.61 QUA Qualifying 9.74
8.54 STA Race Start 7.76
8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.04
6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Fernando Alonso: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Fernando Alonso for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.88 to 7.09 — P5 against P18, a gap of 1.79 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 9 of 12 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.76. Fernando Alonso takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.74 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P11 on 75 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P16 and P19.