Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Nico Hulkenberg leads 7–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 – SHA – 7.7 SUZ 7.6 7.9 MIA 8.4 – CAN – 7.4 MON 7.8 7.5 ESP 7.7 – AUT 8.0 8.1 GBR 6.5 7.6 SPA 7.8 7.2 HUN 7.9 8.2 NED 7.5 7.9 ITA 8.1 7.6 MAD 8.2 7.6 BAK 6.4 8.8 MAL 8.2 7.9 SIN 7.9 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.18

8.30 PAC Race Pace 7.56

7.66 CON Consistency 8.14

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 9.51

6.61 QUA Qualifying 8.54

8.54 STA Race Start 6.88

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 7.09 — P15 against P18, a gap of 0.52 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 6.88. Nico Hulkenberg takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.54 to 6.61. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P14 and P19.