Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs KimiAntonelliMercedes

ANT leads the grade duel 11–2 — 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
#2The Index · 9.50
P3DI championship · 118 pts
2best-of-race
P1official · 241 pts

Alexander Albon vs Kimi Antonelli: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.50 to 7.29 — P2 against P16, a gap of 2.21 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 11 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 7.99 against 7.37. Kimi Antonelli takes Expected Position back the other way, 9.10 to 6.50. 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 — Kimi Antonelli sits P3 on 118 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P1 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 9.60
7.97 C Consistency 9.30
7.34 D Attack & Defence 8.81
8.01 E Tyre Management 9.14
6.69 F Qualifying 8.75
7.99 G Race Start 7.37
7.15 I Cleanliness 7.84

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified