Head-to-head · season 2026

FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs LanceStrollAston Martin

ALO leads the grade duel 11–2 — 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
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

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, 8.73 to 7.31 — P7 against P15, a gap of 1.42 of a grade point. Round by round, Fernando Alonso has out-driven the other in 11 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 6.29. Lance Stroll takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 7.72 to 6.36. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Fernando Alonso sits P10 on 73 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P18 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 B Race Pace 8.28
7.08 C Consistency 6.99
6.36 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.68 E Tyre Management 8.12
9.71 F Qualifying 6.29
8.12 G Race Start 7.84
8.03 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified