Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs FrancoColapintoAlpine

Franco Colapinto leads 6–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.6 MIA 7.0 8.3 CAN 7.3 8.9 MON – 7.1 ESP – 7.7 AUT – 7.0 GBR 7.5 9.4 SPA 7.1 8.5 HUN – 6.7 MAD 6.6 8.7 MAL 6.3 7.8 SIN 6.8 –

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 6.59
7.51 PAC Race Pace 7.33
6.34 CON Consistency 7.43
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.32
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 8.05
7.36 QUA Qualifying 7.03
6.83 STA Race Start 8.62
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.43
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 7.29

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Franco Colapinto leads on The Index, 6.55 to 6.00 — P22 against P23, a gap of 0.55 of a grade point. Round by round, Franco Colapinto has out-driven the other in 6 of 11 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 7.30 against 6.59. Franco Colapinto takes Race Start back the other way, 8.62 to 6.83. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P15 on 47 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P12 and P21.