Head-to-head · season 2026

CarlosSainzWilliams vs LanceStrollAston Martin

Carlos Sainz leads 8–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#12The Index · 8.08

P10DriverIndex Championship · 79 pts

P16Official · 7 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 7.3 7.6 SHA 9.0 – SUZ 8.3 8.2 MIA 8.5 7.5 CAN 9.1 6.7 MON 8.0 7.4 ESP 8.8 – AUT – 8.2 GBR 7.5 6.6 SPA 7.8 8.1 HUN 7.8 8.9 NED 6.4 8.5 ITA 9.2 7.7 MAD 6.4 – BAK 7.6 – MAL 8.2 8.0 SIN 8.4 7.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

7.49 OVD Overdelivery 6.82

8.03 PAC Race Pace 8.06

8.05 CON Consistency 7.27

7.47 ATK Attack & Defence 7.67

7.47 TYR Tyre Management 8.26

9.39 QUA Qualifying 6.26

9.27 STA Race Start 7.75

7.41 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.91

7.71 CLN Cleanliness 6.89

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Carlos Sainz vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

Carlos Sainz drives for Williams, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Carlos Sainz leads on The Index, 8.08 to 7.15 — P12 against P17, a gap of 0.94 of a grade point. Round by round, Carlos Sainz has out-driven the other in 8 of 12 races where both were graded. Carlos Sainz's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.39 against 6.26. Lance Stroll takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.91 to 7.41. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Carlos Sainz sits P10 on 79 points to Lance Stroll's P20 on 22. Officially they stand P16 and P21.