Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Liam Lawson leads 7–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 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 6.5 7.6 SHA 8.4 – SUZ 8.4 8.2 MIA – 7.5 CAN 7.6 6.7 MON 8.3 7.4 ESP 7.3 – AUT 7.9 8.2 GBR 8.3 6.6 SPA 6.8 8.1 HUN 8.1 8.9 NED 7.6 8.5 ITA 7.9 7.7 MAD 7.4 – BAK 8.3 – MAL 9.0 8.0 SIN 8.1 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

6.98 PAC Race Pace 8.06

9.02 CON Consistency 7.27

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

8.18 QUA Qualifying 6.26

9.26 STA Race Start 7.75

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson drives for Racing Bulls, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 7.15 — P16 against P17, a gap of 0.39 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 7 of 12 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.18 against 6.26. Lance Stroll takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.06 to 6.98. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P17 on 35 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P9 and P21.