Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs LanceStrollAston Martin

HAM leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Lewis Hamilton vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 7.31 — P5 against P15, a gap of 1.61 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.45 against 6.53. Lance Stroll takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.12 to 6.89. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P2 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.26 B Race Pace 8.28
8.15 C Consistency 6.99
7.82 D Attack & Defence 7.72
6.89 E Tyre Management 8.12
7.86 F Qualifying 6.29
8.04 G Race Start 7.84
8.45 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified