Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs GabrielBortoletoAudi

Alexander Albon leads 9–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#20The Index · 6.56

P16DriverIndex Championship · 43 pts

P15Official · 10 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 8.1 SHA – – SUZ 7.6 7.0 MIA 8.4 9.5 CAN – 7.0 MON 7.8 7.2 ESP 7.7 6.6 AUT 8.0 8.3 GBR 6.5 8.0 SPA 7.8 8.6 HUN 7.9 7.2 NED 7.5 6.9 ITA 8.1 7.8 MAD 8.2 7.2 BAK 6.4 7.5 MAL 8.2 7.1 SIN 7.9 –

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 6.54

8.30 PAC Race Pace 7.67

7.66 CON Consistency 8.14

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 6.40

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 6.68

6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.49

8.54 STA Race Start 6.42

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 7.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Gabriel Bortoleto: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Gabriel Bortoleto for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Alexander Albon leads on The Index, 7.09 to 6.56 — P18 against P20, a gap of 0.53 of a grade point. Round by round, Alexander Albon has out-driven the other in 9 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 6.42. Gabriel Bortoleto takes Qualifying back the other way, 7.49 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Gabriel Bortoleto sits P16 on 43 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P15 and P19.