Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs ValtteriBottasCadillac

Fernando Alonso leads 8–1 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#5The Index · 8.88

P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#23The Index · 6.00

P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – – SHA 8.4 9.0 SUZ 8.1 6.6 MIA 7.5 7.0 CAN – 7.3 MON 8.7 – ESP 8.6 – AUT 8.4 – GBR 8.0 7.5 SPA 7.8 7.1 HUN 9.2 – NED 8.9 8.2 ITA – 7.2 MAD 7.8 6.6 BAK – 7.6 MAL 9.1 6.3 SIN 8.3 6.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 7.30

8.99 PAC Race Pace 7.51

7.01 CON Consistency 6.34

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 6.58

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 6.36

9.74 QUA Qualifying 7.36

7.76 STA Race Start 6.83

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.74

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 6.61

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Valtteri Bottas: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Valtteri Bottas for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.88 to 6.00 — P5 against P23, a gap of 2.88 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 8 of 9 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.25 against 6.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P11 on 75 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P16 and P21.