FrancoColapintoAlpine vs CharlesLeclercFerrari
LEC leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Franco Colapinto vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersFranco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.37 to 6.59 — P3 against P22, a gap of 2.78 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 7.39 against 6.61. Charles Leclerc takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.63 to 7.24. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P2 on 130 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P5 and P12.