Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

Lando Norris 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

#4The Index · 9.09

P4DriverIndex Championship · 141 pts

P6Official · 168 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 8.2 SHA 8.4 – SUZ 8.1 7.9 MIA 7.5 9.7 CAN – 7.7 MON 8.7 8.1 ESP 8.6 8.8 AUT 8.4 7.5 GBR 8.0 8.7 SPA 7.8 8.9 HUN 9.2 9.5 NED 8.9 8.8 ITA – 8.8 MAD 7.8 9.3 BAK – 7.3 MAL 9.1 7.6 SIN 8.3 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 8.94

8.99 PAC Race Pace 8.82

7.01 CON Consistency 8.97

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 8.19

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 8.39

9.74 QUA Qualifying 8.22

7.76 STA Race Start 7.86

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.88

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.28

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.09 to 8.88 — P4 against P5, a gap of 0.21 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.74 against 8.22. Lando Norris takes Consistency back the other way, 8.97 to 7.01. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Race Start, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 141 points to Fernando Alonso's P11 on 75. Officially they stand P6 and P16.