Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs NicoHulkenbergAudi

GAS leads the grade duel 9–4 — 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
#17The Index · 7.13
P21DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P15official · 6 pts

Pierre Gasly vs Nico Hulkenberg: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Nico Hulkenberg for Audi, 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 7.13 — P6 against P17, a gap of 1.73 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Attack & Defence — 8.24 against 6.69. Nico Hulkenberg takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 9.12 to 7.40. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. 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 Nico Hulkenberg's P21 on 16. Officially they stand P10 and P15.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.46 B Race Pace 7.31
7.77 C Consistency 7.91
8.24 D Attack & Defence 6.69
8.80 E Tyre Management 9.99
9.26 F Qualifying 8.72
7.83 G Race Start 6.38
8.20 I Cleanliness 8.62

Profile overlay

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified