Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs PierreGaslyAlpine

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

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#18The Index · 7.09
P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts
P19Official · 5 pts
#7The Index · 8.56
P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts
P10Official · 39 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 8.3 9.0 SHA – 8.7 SUZ 7.6 9.1 MIA 8.4 – CAN – 7.8 MON 7.8 8.3 ESP 7.7 7.9 AUT 8.0 8.1 GBR 6.5 9.6 SPA 7.8 8.4 NED 7.5 8.5 BAK 6.4 8.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.49
8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.14
7.66 CON Consistency 7.72
7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.09
8.10 TYR Tyre Management 8.65
6.61 QUA Qualifying 8.99
8.54 STA Race Start 7.54
8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41
6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.12

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Pierre Gasly for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.56 to 7.09 — P7 against P18, a gap of 1.46 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly 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 7.54. Pierre Gasly takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.99 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P6 on 95 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P10 and P19.