Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs OscarPiastriMcLaren

Level at 6–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#5The Index · 8.88

P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#10The Index · 8.35

P9DriverIndex Championship · 88 pts

P7Official · 117 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – – SHA 8.4 – SUZ 8.1 9.3 MIA 7.5 8.9 CAN – 6.3 MON 8.7 8.0 ESP 8.6 7.8 AUT 8.4 8.7 GBR 8.0 7.5 SPA 7.8 8.0 HUN 9.2 9.3 NED 8.9 7.7 ITA – 8.5 MAD 7.8 6.9 BAK – 7.8 MAL 9.1 8.4 SIN 8.3 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 8.33

8.99 PAC Race Pace 7.88

7.01 CON Consistency 8.38

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 8.18

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 7.35

9.74 QUA Qualifying 7.82

7.76 STA Race Start 8.64

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.16

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 8.08

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, 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 8.35 — P5 against P10, a gap of 0.53 of a grade point. Round by round the two are tied 6–6 across 12 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.74 against 7.82. Oscar Piastri takes Consistency back the other way, 8.38 to 7.01. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P9 on 88 points to Fernando Alonso's P11 on 75. Officially they stand P7 and P16.