Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team

Pierre Gasly leads 9–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#7The Index · 8.56

P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P10Official · 39 pts

#13The Index · 7.85

P13DriverIndex Championship · 51 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 9.0 7.9 SHA 8.7 6.9 SUZ 9.1 9.2 MIA – 7.3 CAN 7.8 7.0 MON 8.3 9.2 ESP 7.9 7.3 AUT 8.1 7.6 GBR 9.6 8.0 SPA 8.4 8.1 HUN 7.6 8.1 NED 8.5 8.6 ITA 7.8 7.8 MAD 7.6 8.4 BAK 8.7 8.3 MAL 7.2 8.3 SIN 7.5 7.7

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.49 OVD Overdelivery 7.74

8.14 PAC Race Pace 7.78

7.72 CON Consistency 8.12

8.09 ATK Attack & Defence 8.00

8.65 TYR Tyre Management 7.64

8.99 QUA Qualifying 7.05

7.54 STA Race Start 9.02

7.41 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.70

8.12 CLN Cleanliness 8.65

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Pierre Gasly vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Pierre Gasly leads on The Index, 8.56 to 7.85 — P7 against P13, a gap of 0.71 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 9 of 16 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.99 against 7.05. Esteban Ocon takes Race Start back the other way, 9.02 to 7.54. 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 P6 on 95 points to Esteban Ocon's P13 on 51. Officially they stand P10 and P16.