Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

NOR leads the grade duel 10–3 — 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
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Alexander Albon vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 7.29 — P4 against P16, a gap of 1.96 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.19 against 6.78. Lando Norris takes Expected Position back the other way, 9.11 to 6.50. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P4 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 9.06
7.97 C Consistency 9.15
7.34 D Attack & Defence 8.43
8.01 E Tyre Management 8.33
6.69 F Qualifying 8.16
7.99 G Race Start 8.18
7.15 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified