Head-to-head · season 2026 · Alpine team mates

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs PierreGaslyAlpine

Pierre Gasly leads 11–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts
#7The Index · 8.56
P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts
P10Official · 39 pts

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.59 OVD Overdelivery 8.49
7.33 PAC Race Pace 8.14
7.43 CON Consistency 7.72
7.03 QUA Qualifying 8.99
8.62 STA Race Start 7.54
7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.12

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Pierre Gasly: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly are Alpine team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.56 to 6.55 — P7 against P22, a gap of 2.01 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 11 of 15 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 7.54. Pierre Gasly takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.99 to 7.03. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. 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 Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P10 and P12.