OliverBearmanHaas F1 Team vs FrancoColapintoAlpine
BEA leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oliver Bearman vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOliver Bearman drives for Haas F1 Team, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oliver Bearman leads on The Index, 8.36 to 6.59 — P10 against P22, a gap of 1.77 of a grade point. Round by round, Oliver Bearman has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Oliver Bearman's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.02 against 6.75. Franco Colapinto takes Race Start back the other way, 8.70 to 7.91. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oliver Bearman sits P6 on 81 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P13 and P12.