Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs PierreGaslyAlpine

GAS leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#16The Index · 7.29
P20DI championship · 17 pts
0best-of-race
P17official · 5 pts
#6The Index · 8.86
P7DI championship · 80 pts
1best-of-race
P10official · 39 pts

Alexander Albon vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Pierre Gasly for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.86 to 7.29 — P6 against P16, a gap of 1.57 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.19 against 7.40. Pierre Gasly takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.26 to 6.69. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P7 on 80 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P10 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 8.46
7.97 C Consistency 7.77
7.34 D Attack & Defence 8.24
8.01 E Tyre Management 8.80
6.69 F Qualifying 9.26
7.99 G Race Start 7.83
7.15 I Cleanliness 8.20

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified