Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs KimiAntonelliMercedes

ANT leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#7The Index · 8.73
P10DI championship · 73 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts
#2The Index · 9.50
P3DI championship · 118 pts
2best-of-race
P1official · 241 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Kimi Antonelli: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.50 to 8.73 — P2 against P7, a gap of 0.77 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 8.75. Kimi Antonelli takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.81 to 6.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P3 on 118 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P1 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 9.60
7.08 C Consistency 9.30
6.36 D Attack & Defence 8.81
8.68 E Tyre Management 9.14
9.71 F Qualifying 8.75
8.12 G Race Start 7.37
8.03 I Cleanliness 7.84

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified