Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

NOR 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
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 8.73 — P4 against P7, a gap of 0.52 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 8.16. Lando Norris takes Consistency back the other way, 9.15 to 7.08. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P4 and P18.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 9.06
7.08 C Consistency 9.15
6.36 D Attack & Defence 8.43
8.68 E Tyre Management 8.33
9.71 F Qualifying 8.16
8.12 G Race Start 8.18
8.03 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified