Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

Nico Hulkenberg leads 9–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts
#15The Index · 7.62
P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts
P14Official · 11 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 7.6 – SHA 7.5 7.7 SUZ 6.4 7.9 MIA 8.3 – MON 7.1 7.5 ESP 7.7 – AUT 7.0 8.1 HUN 6.7 8.2 NED 6.5 7.9 ITA 7.1 7.6 BAK 6.4 8.8 MAL 7.8 7.9 SIN – 9.6

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.59 OVD Overdelivery 8.18
7.33 PAC Race Pace 7.56
7.43 CON Consistency 8.14
8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 6.90
8.05 TYR Tyre Management 9.51
7.03 QUA Qualifying 8.54
8.62 STA Race Start 6.88
7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.98
7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.75

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 6.55 — P15 against P22, a gap of 1.07 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 6.88. Nico Hulkenberg takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.18 to 6.59. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P14 and P12.