Head-to-head · season 2026

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.

VS
#7The Index · 8.73
P10DI championship · 73 pts
0best-of-race
P18official · 3 pts
#6The Index · 8.86
P7DI championship · 80 pts
1best-of-race
P10official · 39 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando 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.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 8.46
7.08 C Consistency 7.77
6.36 D Attack & Defence 8.24
8.68 E Tyre Management 8.80
9.71 F Qualifying 9.26
8.12 G Race Start 7.83
8.03 I Cleanliness 8.20

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified