Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

ALB leads the grade duel 7–6 — 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
#12The Index · 7.71
P12DI championship · 39 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts

Alexander Albon vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 7.29 — P12 against P16, a gap of 0.42 of a grade point. Round by round, Alexander Albon has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.19 against 7.74. Esteban Ocon takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.49 to 7.15. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P18 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 7.80
7.97 C Consistency 8.33
7.34 D Attack & Defence 8.13
8.01 E Tyre Management 7.71
6.69 F Qualifying 7.00
7.99 G Race Start 8.66
7.15 I Cleanliness 8.49

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified