Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs FrancoColapintoAlpine

ALO leads the grade duel 9–4 — 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
#22The Index · 6.59
P14DI championship · 33 pts
0best-of-race
P12official · 21 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.73 to 6.59 — P7 against P22, a gap of 2.14 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 6.75. Franco Colapinto takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.21 to 6.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P10 on 73 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P18 and P12.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 7.24
7.08 C Consistency 7.39
6.36 D Attack & Defence 8.21
8.68 E Tyre Management 7.79
9.71 F Qualifying 6.75
8.12 G Race Start 8.70
8.03 I Cleanliness 7.86

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified