PierreGaslyAlpine vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
GAS leads the grade duel 8–5 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Pierre Gasly vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersPierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, 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 8.59 — P6 against P8, a gap of 0.27 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 6.56. Oscar Piastri takes Race Start back the other way, 9.20 to 7.83. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. 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 Oscar Piastri's P8 on 74. Officially they stand P10 and P7.