Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team

Oliver Bearman leads 8–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#8The Index · 8.53

P5DriverIndex Championship · 101 pts

P13Official · 19 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 8.9 SHA – 9.4 SUZ 7.6 6.1 MIA 8.4 7.9 CAN – 8.9 MON 7.8 – ESP 7.7 7.9 AUT 8.0 7.8 GBR 6.5 7.5 SPA 7.8 9.2 HUN 7.9 6.9 NED 7.5 – ITA 8.1 8.5 MAD 8.2 8.1 BAK 6.4 8.0 MAL 8.2 9.3 SIN 7.9 8.0

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.15

8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.39

7.66 CON Consistency 8.32

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.93

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 7.92

6.61 QUA Qualifying 8.97

8.54 STA Race Start 7.53

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.34

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.33

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Oliver Bearman: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Oliver Bearman for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Oliver Bearman leads on The Index, 8.53 to 7.09 — P8 against P18, a gap of 1.44 of a grade point. Round by round, Oliver Bearman has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.53. Oliver Bearman takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.97 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oliver Bearman sits P5 on 101 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P13 and P19.