Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs CharlesLeclercFerrari

LEC 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
#3The Index · 9.37
P2DI championship · 130 pts
2best-of-race
P5official · 127 pts

Fernando Alonso vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.37 to 8.73 — P3 against P7, a gap of 0.64 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 8.18. Charles Leclerc takes Race Start back the other way, 9.68 to 8.12. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P2 on 130 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P5 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 9.63
7.08 C Consistency 8.63
6.36 D Attack & Defence 7.52
8.68 E Tyre Management 8.09
9.71 F Qualifying 8.18
8.12 G Race Start 9.68
8.03 I Cleanliness 8.44

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified