Head-to-head · season 2026

CharlesLeclercFerrari vs LanceStrollAston Martin

LEC leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#3The Index · 9.37
P2DI championship · 130 pts
2best-of-race
P5official · 127 pts
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Charles Leclerc vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Charles Leclerc drives for Ferrari, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.37 to 7.31 — P3 against P15, a gap of 2.05 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Charles Leclerc's clearest advantage is Expected Position — 9.05 against 7.11. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.83 to 6.61. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P2 on 130 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P5 and P21.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.63 B Race Pace 8.28
8.63 C Consistency 6.99
7.52 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.09 E Tyre Management 8.12
8.18 F Qualifying 6.29
9.68 G Race Start 7.84
8.44 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified