Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing

GAS leads the grade duel 8–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#6The Index · 8.86
P7DI championship · 80 pts
1best-of-race
P10official · 39 pts
#20The Index · 6.81
P17DI championship · 25 pts
0best-of-race
P8official · 71 pts

Pierre Gasly vs Isack Hadjar: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Isack Hadjar for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.86 to 6.81 — P6 against P20, a gap of 2.05 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 8 of 11 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Expected Position — 8.92 against 7.03. Isack Hadjar takes Cleanliness back the other way, 8.84 to 8.20. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P7 on 80 points to Isack Hadjar's P17 on 25. Officially they stand P10 and P8.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.46 B Race Pace 7.47
7.77 C Consistency 8.00
8.24 D Attack & Defence 6.99
8.80 E Tyre Management 7.94
9.26 F Qualifying 7.72
7.83 G Race Start 7.77
8.20 I Cleanliness 8.84

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified