KimiAntonelliMercedes vs FrancoColapintoAlpine
ANT leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.50 to 6.59 — P2 against P22, a gap of 2.91 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 9.60 against 7.24. Franco Colapinto takes Race Start back the other way, 8.70 to 7.37. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P3 on 118 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P1 and P12.