Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

HAM 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
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 8.73 — P5 against P7, a gap of 0.19 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 7.86. Lewis Hamilton takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 7.82 to 6.36. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position, Race Start, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P2 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 9.26
7.08 C Consistency 8.15
6.36 D Attack & Defence 7.82
8.68 E Tyre Management 6.89
9.71 F Qualifying 7.86
8.12 G Race Start 8.04
8.03 I Cleanliness 8.45

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified