Head-to-head · season 2026 · Aston Martin team mates

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Fernando Alonso leads 8–2 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#5The Index · 8.88

P11DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

#17The Index · 7.15

P20DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 7.6 SHA 8.4 – SUZ 8.1 8.2 MIA 7.5 7.5 CAN – 6.7 MON 8.7 7.4 ESP 8.6 – AUT 8.4 8.2 GBR 8.0 6.6 SPA 7.8 8.1 HUN 9.2 8.9 NED 8.9 8.5 ITA – 7.7 MAD 7.8 – BAK – – MAL 9.1 8.0 SIN 8.3 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.00 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

8.99 PAC Race Pace 8.06

7.01 CON Consistency 7.27

7.02 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

9.25 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

9.74 QUA Qualifying 6.26

7.76 STA Race Start 7.75

8.04 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

8.28 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Fernando Alonso vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are Aston Martin team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Fernando Alonso leads on The Index, 8.88 to 7.15 — P5 against P17, a gap of 1.73 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 8 of 10 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.74 against 6.26. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 8.04. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. 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 Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P16 and P21.