Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs KimiAntonelliMercedes

Kimi Antonelli leads 13–2 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#2The Index · 9.67

P2DriverIndex Championship · 181 pts

P1Official · 309 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL 8.3 8.0 SHA – 8.9 SUZ 7.6 8.4 MIA 8.4 8.7 CAN – 8.1 MON 7.8 9.5 ESP 7.7 7.8 AUT 8.0 7.8 GBR 6.5 8.4 SPA 7.8 8.3 HUN 7.9 9.1 NED 7.5 9.1 ITA 8.1 9.8 MAD 8.2 8.6 BAK 6.4 8.8 MAL 8.2 9.7 SIN 7.9 8.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 9.38

8.30 PAC Race Pace 9.74

7.66 CON Consistency 9.14

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 9.11

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 9.42

6.61 QUA Qualifying 8.40

8.54 STA Race Start 7.62

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.98

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 7.76

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.67 to 7.09 — P2 against P18, a gap of 2.58 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 13 of 15 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.62. Kimi Antonelli takes Overdelivery back the other way, 9.38 to 6.64. 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 P2 on 181 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P1 and P19.