Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing

ALO leads the grade duel 8–5 — 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
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Liam Lawson for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.73 to 7.37 — P7 against P14, a gap of 1.36 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 8.97 against 6.81. Liam Lawson takes Consistency back the other way, 9.15 to 7.08. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P10 on 73 points to Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P18 and P9.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 6.81
7.08 C Consistency 9.15
6.36 D Attack & Defence 8.30
8.68 E Tyre Management 8.64
9.71 F Qualifying 7.98
8.12 G Race Start 9.13
8.03 I Cleanliness 9.03

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified