Head-to-head · season 2026

IsackHadjarRed Bull Racing vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Level at 5–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#21The Index · 6.56
P18DriverIndex Championship · 32 pts
P8Official · 97 pts
#17The Index · 7.15
P20DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts
P21Official · 0 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.6 SHA 7.1 – SUZ 7.0 8.2 MIA 6.1 7.5 ESP 7.5 – HUN 8.0 8.9 NED – 8.5 ITA – 7.7 MAD – – BAK 8.6 – MAL 7.3 8.0 SIN 6.7 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
6.46 OVD Overdelivery 6.82
7.36 PAC Race Pace 8.06
8.16 CON Consistency 7.27
7.53 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67
7.43 TYR Tyre Management 8.26
7.55 QUA Qualifying 6.26
7.95 STA Race Start 7.75
7.55 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91
9.07 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Isack Hadjar vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Isack Hadjar drives for Red Bull Racing, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.15 to 6.56 — P17 against P21, a gap of 0.59 of a grade point. Round by round the two are tied 5–5 across 10 races where both were graded. Isack Hadjar's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.07 against 6.89. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 7.55. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Isack Hadjar sits P18 on 32 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P8 and P21.