Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs LanceStrollAston Martin

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

VS
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Liam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.37 to 7.31 — P14 against P15, a gap of 0.06 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.03 against 6.53. Lance Stroll takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.28 to 6.81. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P16 on 27 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P9 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
6.81 B Race Pace 8.28
9.15 C Consistency 6.99
8.30 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.64 E Tyre Management 8.12
7.98 F Qualifying 6.29
9.13 G Race Start 7.84
9.03 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified