Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Lance Stroll leads 8–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#22The Index · 6.55
P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts
P12Official · 27 pts
#17The Index · 7.15
P20DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts
P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 7.6 7.6 SHA 7.5 – SUZ 6.4 8.2 MON 7.1 7.4 ESP 7.7 – AUT 7.0 8.2 HUN 6.7 8.9 NED 6.5 8.5 ITA 7.1 7.7 MAD 8.7 – BAK 6.4 – MAL 7.8 8.0 SIN – 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.59 OVD Overdelivery 6.82
7.33 PAC Race Pace 8.06
7.43 CON Consistency 7.27
8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67
8.05 TYR Tyre Management 8.26
7.03 QUA Qualifying 6.26
8.62 STA Race Start 7.75
7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91
7.29 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.15 to 6.55 — P17 against P22, a gap of 0.60 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 8 of 12 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 7.75. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 7.43. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P15 on 47 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P12 and P21.