Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs FernandoAlonsoAston Martin

ALO leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#16The Index · 7.29
P20DI championship · 17 pts
0best-of-race
P17official · 5 pts
#7The Index · 8.73
P10DI championship · 73 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Fernando Alonso for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.73 to 7.29 — P7 against P16, a gap of 1.44 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 7.34 against 6.36. Fernando Alonso takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.71 to 6.69. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P10 on 73 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P18 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 8.97
7.97 C Consistency 7.08
7.34 D Attack & Defence 6.36
8.01 E Tyre Management 8.68
6.69 F Qualifying 9.71
7.99 G Race Start 8.12
7.15 I Cleanliness 8.03

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified