Head-to-head · season 2026

AlexanderAlbonWilliams vs LanceStrollAston Martin

STR 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
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Alexander Albon drives for Williams, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. On The Index they are level — 7.29 against 7.31, P16 and P15 of the grid. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Alexander Albon's clearest advantage is Consistency — 7.97 against 6.99. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.83 to 8.19. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lance Stroll sits P18 on 24 points to Alexander Albon's P20 on 17. Officially they stand P21 and P17.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.15 B Race Pace 8.28
7.97 C Consistency 6.99
7.34 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.01 E Tyre Management 8.12
6.69 F Qualifying 6.29
7.99 G Race Start 7.84
7.15 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified