Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs ValtteriBottasCadillac

Alexander Albon leads 7–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#23The Index · 6.00

P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 – SHA – 9.0 SUZ 7.6 6.6 MIA 8.4 7.0 CAN – 7.3 MON 7.8 – ESP 7.7 – AUT 8.0 – GBR 6.5 7.5 SPA 7.8 7.1 HUN 7.9 – NED 7.5 8.2 ITA 8.1 7.2 MAD 8.2 6.6 BAK 6.4 7.6 MAL 8.2 6.3 SIN 7.9 6.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 7.30

8.30 PAC Race Pace 7.51

7.66 CON Consistency 6.34

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 6.58

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 6.36

6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.36

8.54 STA Race Start 6.83

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.74

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 6.61

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Valtteri Bottas: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Valtteri Bottas for Cadillac, 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 6.00 — P18 against P23, a gap of 1.09 of a grade point. Round by round, Alexander Albon has out-driven the other in 7 of 10 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.10 against 6.36. Valtteri Bottas takes Qualifying back the other way, 7.36 to 6.61. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Alexander Albon sits P21 on 21 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P19 and P21.