Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Lance Stroll leads 7–2 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#23The Index · 6.00

P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

#17The Index · 7.15

P20DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts

P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

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

MEL – 7.6 SHA 9.0 – SUZ 6.6 8.2 MIA 7.0 7.5 CAN 7.3 6.7 MON – 7.4 ESP – – AUT – 8.2 GBR 7.5 6.6 SPA 7.1 8.1 HUN – 8.9 NED 8.2 8.5 ITA 7.2 7.7 MAD 6.6 – BAK 7.6 – MAL 6.3 8.0 SIN 6.8 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.30 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

7.51 PAC Race Pace 8.06

6.34 CON Consistency 7.27

6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

6.36 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

7.36 QUA Qualifying 6.26

6.83 STA Race Start 7.75

6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

6.61 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Valtteri Bottas vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.15 to 6.00 — P17 against P23, a gap of 1.15 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 7 of 9 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.36 against 6.26. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 6.74. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lance Stroll sits P20 on 22 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P21 and P21.