Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing

ALB leads the grade duel 7–4 — 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
#20The Index · 6.81
P17DI championship · 25 pts
0best-of-race
P8official · 71 pts

Alexander Albon vs Isack Hadjar: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Isack Hadjar for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Alexander Albon leads on The Index, 7.29 to 6.81 — P16 against P20, a gap of 0.49 of a grade point. Round by round, Alexander Albon has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.15 against 7.47. Isack Hadjar takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.84 to 7.15. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Isack Hadjar sits P17 on 25 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P8 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 7.47
7.97 C Consistency 8.00
7.34 D Attack & Defence 6.99
8.01 E Tyre Management 7.94
6.69 F Qualifying 7.72
7.99 G Race Start 7.77
7.15 I Cleanliness 8.84

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified