Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

Pierre Gasly leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#7The Index · 8.56

P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P10Official · 39 pts

#6The Index · 8.59

P7DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P3Official · 202 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL 9.0 8.9 SHA 8.7 8.8 SUZ 9.1 8.0 MIA – 7.6 CAN 7.8 9.1 MON 8.3 9.5 ESP 7.9 9.8 AUT 8.1 7.9 GBR 9.6 7.7 SPA 8.4 7.8 HUN 7.6 7.9 NED 8.5 8.4 ITA 7.8 7.5 MAD 7.6 – BAK 8.7 7.9 MAL 7.2 7.8 SIN 7.5 7.8

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.49 OVD Overdelivery 8.50

8.14 PAC Race Pace 8.88

7.72 CON Consistency 7.87

8.09 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

8.65 TYR Tyre Management 7.50

8.99 QUA Qualifying 7.94

7.54 STA Race Start 7.78

7.41 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10

8.12 CLN Cleanliness 8.69

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Pierre Gasly vs Lewis Hamilton: who is driving better in 2026?

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. On The Index they are level — 8.56 against 8.59, P7 and P6 of the grid. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.65 against 7.50. Lewis Hamilton takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.88 to 8.14. They are effectively inseparable on Overdelivery, Consistency, Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Pierre Gasly sits P6 on 95 points to Lewis Hamilton's P7 on 95. Officially they stand P10 and P3.