FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs PierreGaslyAlpine
ALO leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Fernando Alonso vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersFernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Pierre Gasly for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.86 to 8.73 — P6 against P7, a gap of 0.13 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.97 against 8.46. Pierre Gasly takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.24 to 6.36. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position, Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P7 on 80 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P10 and P18.