Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Lewis Hamilton leads 8–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#6The Index · 8.59

P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 8.9 SHA – 8.8 SUZ 7.6 8.0 MIA 8.4 7.6 CAN – 9.1 MON 7.8 9.5 ESP 7.7 9.8 AUT 8.0 7.9 GBR 6.5 7.7 SPA 7.8 7.8 HUN 7.9 7.9 NED 7.5 8.4 ITA 8.1 7.5 MAD 8.2 – BAK 6.4 7.9 MAL 8.2 7.8 SIN 7.9 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.50

8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.88

7.66 CON Consistency 7.87

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 7.50

6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.94

8.54 STA Race Start 7.78

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.59 to 7.09 — P6 against P18, a gap of 1.50 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.78. Lewis Hamilton takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.50 to 6.64. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P7 on 95 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P3 and P19.