Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Fernando Alonso leads 7–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#5The Index · 8.88

P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#6The Index · 8.59

P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 8.9 SHA 8.4 8.8 SUZ 8.1 8.0 MIA 7.5 7.6 CAN – 9.1 MON 8.7 9.5 ESP 8.6 9.8 AUT 8.4 7.9 GBR 8.0 7.7 SPA 7.8 7.8 HUN 9.2 7.9 NED 8.9 8.4 ITA – 7.5 MAD 7.8 – BAK – 7.9 MAL 9.1 7.8 SIN 8.3 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 8.50

8.99 PAC Race Pace 8.88

7.01 CON Consistency 7.87

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 7.50

9.74 QUA Qualifying 7.94

7.76 STA Race Start 7.78

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, 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 8.59 — P5 against P6, a gap of 0.29 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.74 against 7.94. Lewis Hamilton takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 7.97 to 7.02. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, 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 P7 on 95 points to Fernando Alonso's P11 on 75. Officially they stand P3 and P16.