Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Lance Stroll leads 7–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 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 7.7 – SUZ 7.9 8.2 MIA – 7.5 CAN 7.4 6.7 MON 7.5 7.4 ESP – – AUT 8.1 8.2 GBR 7.6 6.6 SPA 7.2 8.1 HUN 8.2 8.9 NED 7.9 8.5 ITA 7.6 7.7 MAD 7.6 – BAK 8.8 – MAL 7.9 8.0 SIN 9.6 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.18 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

7.56 PAC Race Pace 8.06

8.14 CON Consistency 7.27

6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

9.51 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

8.54 QUA Qualifying 6.26

6.88 STA Race Start 7.75

8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

8.75 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Nico Hulkenberg vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 7.15 — P15 against P17, a gap of 0.47 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.54 against 6.26. Lance Stroll takes Race Start back the other way, 7.75 to 6.88. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P14 and P21.