Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Fernando Alonso leads 10–1 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#5The Index · 8.88
P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts
P16Official · 7 pts
#15The Index · 7.62
P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts
P14Official · 11 pts

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
9.00 OVD Overdelivery 8.18
8.99 PAC Race Pace 7.56
7.01 CON Consistency 8.14
9.74 QUA Qualifying 8.54
7.76 STA Race Start 6.88
8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, 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 7.62 — P5 against P15, a gap of 1.26 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.99 against 7.56. Nico Hulkenberg takes Consistency back the other way, 8.14 to 7.01. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P11 on 75 points to Nico Hulkenberg's P14 on 50. Officially they stand P16 and P14.