Head-to-head · season 2026

KimiAntonelliMercedes vs PierreGaslyAlpine

ANT leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#2The Index · 9.50
P3DI championship · 118 pts
2best-of-race
P1official · 241 pts
#6The Index · 8.86
P7DI championship · 80 pts
1best-of-race
P10official · 39 pts

Kimi Antonelli vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Kimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Pierre Gasly 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 8.86 — P2 against P6, a gap of 0.64 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Consistency — 9.30 against 7.77. Pierre Gasly takes Qualifying back the other way, 9.26 to 8.75. 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 Pierre Gasly's P7 on 80. Officially they stand P1 and P10.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.60 B Race Pace 8.46
9.30 C Consistency 7.77
8.81 D Attack & Defence 8.24
9.14 E Tyre Management 8.80
8.75 F Qualifying 9.26
7.37 G Race Start 7.83
7.84 I Cleanliness 8.20

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified