FrancoColapintoAlpine vs LanceStrollAston Martin
STR leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Franco Colapinto vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersFranco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.31 to 6.59 — P15 against P22, a gap of 0.73 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 7.86 against 6.53. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.83 to 7.39. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P14 on 33 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P12 and P21.