Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

Esteban Ocon leads 9–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#22The Index · 6.55

P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts

P12Official · 27 pts

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 7.6 7.9 SHA 7.5 6.9 SUZ 6.4 9.2 MIA 8.3 7.3 CAN 8.9 7.0 MON 7.1 9.2 ESP 7.7 7.3 AUT 7.0 7.6 GBR 9.4 8.0 SPA 8.5 8.1 HUN 6.7 8.1 NED 6.5 8.6 ITA 7.1 7.8 MAD 8.7 8.4 BAK 6.4 8.3 MAL 7.8 8.3 SIN – 7.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.59 OVD Overdelivery 7.74

7.33 PAC Race Pace 7.78

7.43 CON Consistency 8.12

8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 8.00

8.05 TYR Tyre Management 7.64

7.03 QUA Qualifying 7.05

8.62 STA Race Start 9.02

7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.70

7.29 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.85 to 6.55 — P13 against P22, a gap of 1.30 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 9 of 16 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.05 against 7.64. Esteban Ocon takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.65 to 7.29. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P13 on 51 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P16 and P12.