Head-to-head · season 2026

GeorgeRussellMercedes vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Lance Stroll leads 6–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#11The Index · 8.23

P12DriverIndex Championship · 75 pts

P2Official · 204 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 7.8 7.6 SHA 8.8 – SUZ 7.5 8.2 MIA 7.4 7.5 CAN – 6.7 MON 7.2 7.4 ESP 8.1 – AUT 8.3 8.2 GBR 7.8 6.6 SPA – 8.1 HUN 7.7 8.9 NED 8.3 8.5 ITA 8.3 7.7 MAD 8.4 – BAK 9.9 – MAL 9.1 8.0 SIN 6.9 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.27 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

8.45 PAC Race Pace 8.06

8.09 CON Consistency 7.27

8.10 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

7.68 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

7.63 QUA Qualifying 6.26

7.56 STA Race Start 7.75

7.91 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

9.52 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

George Russell vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

George Russell drives for Mercedes, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. George Russell leads on The Index, 8.23 to 7.15 — P11 against P17, a gap of 1.08 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 6 of 11 races where both were graded. George Russell's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.52 against 6.89. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 7.91. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — George Russell sits P12 on 75 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P2 and P21.