Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs LewisHamiltonFerrari

GAS leads the grade duel 8–5 — 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
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 8.86 — P5 against P6, a gap of 0.07 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.80 against 6.89. Lewis Hamilton takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.26 to 8.46. They are effectively inseparable on Expected Position. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Pierre Gasly's P7 on 80. Officially they stand P2 and P10.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.46 B Race Pace 9.26
7.77 C Consistency 8.15
8.24 D Attack & Defence 7.82
8.80 E Tyre Management 6.89
9.26 F Qualifying 7.86
7.83 G Race Start 8.04
8.20 I Cleanliness 8.45

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified