Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Level at 6–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#18The Index · 7.09

P21DriverIndex Championship · 21 pts

P19Official · 5 pts

#17The Index · 7.15

P20DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 8.3 7.6 SHA – – SUZ 7.6 8.2 MIA 8.4 7.5 CAN – 6.7 MON 7.8 7.4 ESP 7.7 – AUT 8.0 8.2 GBR 6.5 6.6 SPA 7.8 8.1 HUN 7.9 8.9 NED 7.5 8.5 ITA 8.1 7.7 MAD 8.2 – BAK 6.4 – MAL 8.2 8.0 SIN 7.9 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.64 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

8.30 PAC Race Pace 8.06

7.66 CON Consistency 7.27

7.71 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

8.10 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

6.61 QUA Qualifying 6.26

8.54 STA Race Start 7.75

8.01 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

6.94 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Alexander Albon vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.15 to 7.09 — P17 against P18, a gap of 0.06 of a grade point. Round by round the two are tied 6–6 across 12 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.54 against 7.75. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 8.01. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lance Stroll sits P20 on 22 points to Alexander Albon's P21 on 21. Officially they stand P21 and P19.