Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs FrancoColapintoAlpine

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

#22The Index · 6.55

P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts

P12Official · 27 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 7.6 SHA – 7.5 SUZ 7.6 6.4 MIA 8.4 8.3 CAN – 8.9 MON 7.8 7.1 ESP 7.7 7.7 AUT 8.0 7.0 GBR 6.5 9.4 SPA 7.8 8.5 HUN 7.9 6.7 NED 7.5 6.5 ITA 8.1 7.1 MAD 8.2 8.7 BAK 6.4 6.4 MAL 8.2 7.8 SIN 7.9 –

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 6.59

8.30 PAC Race Pace 7.33

7.66 CON Consistency 7.43

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.32

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 8.05

6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.03

8.54 STA Race Start 8.62

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.43

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 7.29

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, 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 6.55 — P18 against P22, a gap of 0.54 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 Pace — 8.30 against 7.33. Franco Colapinto takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.32 to 7.71. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Tyre Management, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P15 on 47 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P12 and P19.