OscarPiastriMcLaren vs LanceStrollAston Martin
PIA leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Oscar Piastri vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersOscar Piastri drives for McLaren, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 7.31 — P8 against P15, a gap of 1.28 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Oscar Piastri's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 8.23 against 6.53. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.83 to 6.53. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Lance Stroll's P18 on 24. Officially they stand P7 and P21.