Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs PierreGaslyAlpine

Pierre Gasly leads 10–1 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#23The Index · 6.00

P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#7The Index · 8.56

P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P10Official · 39 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL – 9.0 SHA 9.0 8.7 SUZ 6.6 9.1 MIA 7.0 – CAN 7.3 7.8 MON – 8.3 ESP – 7.9 AUT – 8.1 GBR 7.5 9.6 SPA 7.1 8.4 HUN – 7.6 NED 8.2 8.5 ITA 7.2 7.8 MAD 6.6 7.6 BAK 7.6 8.7 MAL 6.3 7.2 SIN 6.8 7.5

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.30 OVD Overdelivery 8.49

7.51 PAC Race Pace 8.14

6.34 CON Consistency 7.72

6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 8.09

6.36 TYR Tyre Management 8.65

7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.99

6.83 STA Race Start 7.54

6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

6.61 CLN Cleanliness 8.12

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Pierre Gasly for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.56 to 6.00 — P7 against P23, a gap of 2.56 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 10 of 11 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.65 to 6.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P6 on 95 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P10 and P21.