Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

George Russell 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

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 7.8 SHA – 8.8 SUZ 7.6 7.5 MIA 8.4 7.4 CAN – – MON 7.8 7.2 ESP 7.7 8.1 AUT 8.0 8.3 GBR 6.5 7.8 SPA 7.8 – HUN 7.9 7.7 NED 7.5 8.3 ITA 8.1 8.3 MAD 8.2 8.4 BAK 6.4 9.9 MAL 8.2 9.1 SIN 7.9 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.45

7.66 CON Consistency 8.09

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

6.61 QUA Qualifying 7.63

8.54 STA Race Start 7.56

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. George Russell leads on The Index, 8.23 to 7.09 — P11 against P18, a gap of 1.13 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 8 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.56. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 6.94. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — George Russell sits P12 on 75 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P2 and P19.