Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

Fernando Alonso leads 9–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#5The Index · 8.88

P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 7.8 SHA 8.4 8.8 SUZ 8.1 7.5 MIA 7.5 7.4 CAN – – MON 8.7 7.2 ESP 8.6 8.1 AUT 8.4 8.3 GBR 8.0 7.8 SPA 7.8 – HUN 9.2 7.7 NED 8.9 8.3 ITA – 8.3 MAD 7.8 8.4 BAK – 9.9 MAL 9.1 9.1 SIN 8.3 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 7.27

8.99 PAC Race Pace 8.45

7.01 CON Consistency 8.09

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

9.74 QUA Qualifying 7.63

7.76 STA Race Start 7.56

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, George Russell for Mercedes, 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 8.23 — P5 against P11, a gap of 0.65 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 9 of 12 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.74 against 7.63. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 8.28. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P11 on 75 points to George Russell's P12 on 75. Officially they stand P16 and P2.