Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs CarlosSainzWilliams

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

vs
#5The Index · 8.88
P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts
P16Official · 7 pts
#12The Index · 8.08
P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts
P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.3 SHA 8.4 9.0 SUZ 8.1 8.3 MIA 7.5 8.5 CAN – 9.1 ESP 8.6 8.8 AUT 8.4 – SPA 7.8 7.8 ITA – 9.2 BAK – 7.6 SIN 8.3 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
9.00 OVD Overdelivery 7.49
8.99 PAC Race Pace 8.03
7.01 CON Consistency 8.05
7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47
9.25 TYR Tyre Management 7.47
9.74 QUA Qualifying 9.39
7.76 STA Race Start 9.27
8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41
8.28 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.08 — P5 against P12, a gap of 0.80 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 Tyre Management — 9.25 against 7.47. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.76. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P10 on 79 points to Fernando Alonso's P11 on 75. Officially they stand P16 and P16.