Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs CharlesLeclercFerrari

Charles Leclerc leads 12–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#22The Index · 6.55

P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts

P12Official · 27 pts

#3The Index · 9.16

P3DriverIndex Championship · 155 pts

P5Official · 181 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.6 9.7 SHA 7.5 8.3 SUZ 6.4 9.4 MIA 8.3 7.3 CAN 8.9 8.5 MON 7.1 9.5 ESP 7.7 8.0 AUT 7.0 7.5 GBR 9.4 9.6 SPA 8.5 8.9 HUN 6.7 7.8 NED 6.5 9.0 ITA 7.1 6.3 MAD 8.7 8.1 BAK 6.4 8.3 MAL 7.8 7.9 SIN – 8.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.59 OVD Overdelivery 9.04

7.33 PAC Race Pace 9.35

7.43 CON Consistency 8.83

8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 7.71

8.05 TYR Tyre Management 7.51

7.03 QUA Qualifying 8.10

8.62 STA Race Start 8.84

7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 6.84

7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.63

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Charles Leclerc: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.16 to 6.55 — P3 against P22, a gap of 2.61 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 12 of 16 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.32 against 7.71. Charles Leclerc takes Overdelivery back the other way, 9.04 to 6.59. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P3 on 155 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P5 and P12.