Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

GAS leads the grade duel 7–6 — 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
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Pierre Gasly vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 8.86 — P4 against P6, a gap of 0.39 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.26 against 8.16. Lando Norris takes Consistency back the other way, 9.15 to 7.77. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Pierre Gasly's P7 on 80. Officially they stand P4 and P10.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.46 B Race Pace 9.06
7.77 C Consistency 9.15
8.24 D Attack & Defence 8.43
8.80 E Tyre Management 8.33
9.26 F Qualifying 8.16
7.83 G Race Start 8.18
8.20 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified