Head-to-head · season 2026 · Williams team mates

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Carlos Sainz leads 9–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 7.3 SHA – 9.0 SUZ 7.6 8.3 MIA 8.4 8.5 CAN – 9.1 MON 7.8 8.0 ESP 7.7 8.8 AUT 8.0 – GBR 6.5 7.5 SPA 7.8 7.8 HUN 7.9 7.8 NED 7.5 6.4 ITA 8.1 9.2 MAD 8.2 6.4 BAK 6.4 7.6 MAL 8.2 8.2 SIN 7.9 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.03

7.66 CON Consistency 8.05

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

6.61 QUA Qualifying 9.39

8.54 STA Race Start 9.27

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz are Williams team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.08 to 7.09 — P12 against P18, a gap of 0.99 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 9 of 14 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.10 against 7.47. Carlos Sainz takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.39 to 6.61. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P10 on 79 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P16 and P19.