Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing

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
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts

Pierre Gasly vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Liam Lawson 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 7.37 — P6 against P14, a gap of 1.49 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 Race Pace — 8.46 against 6.81. Liam Lawson takes Consistency back the other way, 9.15 to 7.77. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. 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 Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P10 and P9.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.46 B Race Pace 6.81
7.77 C Consistency 9.15
8.24 D Attack & Defence 8.30
8.80 E Tyre Management 8.64
9.26 F Qualifying 7.98
7.83 G Race Start 9.13
8.20 I Cleanliness 9.03

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified