Head-to-head · season 2026

PierreGaslyAlpine vs CarlosSainzWilliams

Pierre Gasly leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#7The Index · 8.56

P6DriverIndex Championship · 95 pts

P10Official · 39 pts

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 pts

Round by round

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

MEL 9.0 7.3 SHA 8.7 9.0 SUZ 9.1 8.3 MIA – 8.5 CAN 7.8 9.1 MON 8.3 8.0 ESP 7.9 8.8 AUT 8.1 – GBR 9.6 7.5 SPA 8.4 7.8 HUN 7.6 7.8 NED 8.5 6.4 ITA 7.8 9.2 MAD 7.6 6.4 BAK 8.7 7.6 MAL 7.2 8.2 SIN 7.5 8.4

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.49 OVD Overdelivery 7.49

8.14 PAC Race Pace 8.03

7.72 CON Consistency 8.05

8.09 ATK Attack & Defence 7.47

8.65 TYR Tyre Management 7.47

8.99 QUA Qualifying 9.39

7.54 STA Race Start 9.27

7.41 PIT Pit Stop Execution 7.41

8.12 CLN Cleanliness 7.71

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Pierre Gasly vs Carlos Sainz: who is driving better in 2026?

Pierre Gasly drives for Alpine, Carlos Sainz for Williams, 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 8.08 — P7 against P12, a gap of 0.47 of a grade point. Round by round, Pierre Gasly has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.65 against 7.47. Carlos Sainz takes Race Start back the other way, 9.27 to 7.54. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Pit Stop Execution. 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 Carlos Sainz's P10 on 79. Officially they stand P10 and P16.