Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs LiamLawsonRacing Bulls

Liam Lawson 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

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 6.5 SHA – 8.4 SUZ 7.6 8.4 MIA 8.4 – CAN – 7.6 MON 7.8 8.3 ESP 7.7 7.3 AUT 8.0 7.9 GBR 6.5 8.3 SPA 7.8 6.8 HUN 7.9 8.1 NED 7.5 7.6 ITA 8.1 7.9 MAD 8.2 7.4 BAK 6.4 8.3 MAL 8.2 9.0 SIN 7.9 8.1

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.40

8.30 PAC Race Pace 6.98

7.66 CON Consistency 9.02

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.16

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 8.68

6.61 QUA Qualifying 8.18

8.54 STA Race Start 9.26

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.92

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Liam Lawson for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 7.09 — P16 against P18, a gap of 0.45 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.30 against 6.98. Liam Lawson takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.80 to 6.94. 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 — Liam Lawson sits P17 on 35 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P9 and P19.