FrancoColapintoAlpine vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Franco Colapinto vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersFranco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.59 — P8 against P22, a gap of 2.00 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 7.79 against 6.56. Oscar Piastri takes Expected Position back the other way, 8.68 to 6.80. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P7 and P12.