Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs OscarPiastriMcLaren

Oscar Piastri leads 13–1 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#18The Index · 7.09
P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts
P19Official · 5 pts
#10The Index · 8.35
P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts
P7Official · 117 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 8.3 – SHA – – SUZ 7.6 9.3 MIA 8.4 8.9 CAN – 6.3 MON 7.8 8.0 ESP 7.7 7.8 AUT 8.0 8.7 GBR 6.5 7.5 SPA 7.8 8.0 HUN 7.9 9.3 NED 7.5 7.7 ITA 8.1 8.5 BAK 6.4 7.8 MAL 8.2 8.4 SIN 7.9 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.64 OVD Overdelivery 8.33
8.30 PAC Race Pace 7.88
7.66 CON Consistency 8.38
7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.18
8.10 TYR Tyre Management 7.35
6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.82
8.54 STA Race Start 8.64
8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.16
6.94 CLN Cleanliness 8.08

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.35 to 7.09 — P10 against P18, a gap of 1.26 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 13 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.01 against 7.16. Oscar Piastri takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.33 to 6.64. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P9 on 88 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P7 and P19.