Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs GeorgeRussellMercedes

George Russell leads 11–3 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

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#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts
#11The Index · 8.23
P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts
P2Official · 204 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 7.6 7.8 SHA 7.5 8.8 SUZ 6.4 7.5 CAN 8.9 – MON 7.1 7.2 ESP 7.7 8.1 AUT 7.0 8.3 SPA 8.5 – HUN 6.7 7.7 NED 6.5 8.3 ITA 7.1 8.3 BAK 6.4 9.9 MAL 7.8 9.1 SIN – 6.9

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.59 OVD Overdelivery 7.27
7.33 PAC Race Pace 8.45
7.43 CON Consistency 8.09
8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 8.10
8.05 TYR Tyre Management 7.68
7.03 QUA Qualifying 7.63
8.62 STA Race Start 7.56
7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.91
7.29 CLN Cleanliness 9.52

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs George Russell: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, George Russell for Mercedes, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. George Russell leads on The Index, 8.23 to 6.55 — P11 against P22, a gap of 1.68 of a grade point. Round by round, George Russell has out-driven the other in 11 of 14 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 7.56. George Russell takes Cleanliness back the other way, 9.52 to 7.29. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — George Russell sits P12 on 75 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P2 and P12.