Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Lewis Hamilton leads 12–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts
#6The Index · 8.59
P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts
P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 7.6 8.9 SHA 7.5 8.8 SUZ 6.4 8.0 CAN 8.9 9.1 MON 7.1 9.5 ESP 7.7 9.8 AUT 7.0 7.9 HUN 6.7 7.9 NED 6.5 8.4 ITA 7.1 7.5 MAD 8.7 – BAK 6.4 7.9 MAL 7.8 7.8 SIN – 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.59 OVD Overdelivery 8.50
7.33 PAC Race Pace 8.88
7.43 CON Consistency 7.87
8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97
8.05 TYR Tyre Management 7.50
7.03 QUA Qualifying 7.94
8.62 STA Race Start 7.78
7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10
7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.55 — P6 against P22, a gap of 2.05 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 12 of 15 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 7.78. Lewis Hamilton takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.50 to 6.59. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P7 on 95 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P3 and P12.