Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs LiamLawsonRacing Bulls

Liam Lawson leads 9–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#22The Index · 6.55

P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts

P12Official · 27 pts

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.6 6.5 SHA 7.5 8.4 SUZ 6.4 8.4 MIA 8.3 – CAN 8.9 7.6 MON 7.1 8.3 ESP 7.7 7.3 AUT 7.0 7.9 GBR 9.4 8.3 SPA 8.5 6.8 HUN 6.7 8.1 NED 6.5 7.6 ITA 7.1 7.9 MAD 8.7 7.4 BAK 6.4 8.3 MAL 7.8 9.0 SIN – 8.1

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.59 OVD Overdelivery 8.40

7.33 PAC Race Pace 6.98

7.43 CON Consistency 9.02

8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 8.16

8.05 TYR Tyre Management 8.68

7.03 QUA Qualifying 8.18

8.62 STA Race Start 9.26

7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.92

7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Liam Lawson for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 6.55 — P16 against P22, a gap of 1.00 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 9 of 15 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.33 against 6.98. Liam Lawson takes Overdelivery back the other way, 8.40 to 6.59. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P15 on 47 points to Liam Lawson's P17 on 35. Officially they stand P12 and P9.