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Driver profile · Red Bull Racing

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen sits P1 in the DriverIndex Championship this season — 5 places better than their official P6 once the car is stripped out. Across 13 rated races, that puts them at 9.79 on The Index — P1 of the grid. Their strongest dimension is Expected Position (10.00); Race Start (7.24) is where they give back the most. Against teammate Isack Hadjar, VER leads on The Index, 9.79 to 6.81. Their standout single-race performance came at the ITA (Round 13), graded 9.8.

1Merit LeaderAOverachieverBPace SetterDThe Gladiator
#1
The Index · 9.79
P1
DI championship · 139 pts
P6
Official · 115 pts
13/13
Races rated
2
Best of race

Driver DNA

every dimension graded against the grid · only rated races count

The nine dimensions

Strengths & weaknesses

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AExpected Position 10.00 BRace Pace 9.84 DAttack & Defence 9.83 CConsistency 9.34 FQualifying 8.60 ICleanliness 8.51 HPit Stop Execution 8.43 ETyre Management 7.89 GRace Start 7.24

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Score breakdown

race by race · the nine metrics

Season heatmap

rows = races · columns = the nine metrics

Race log

2026 season · click a race for the full analysis
RndRaceGradeDI pos DI ptsGridOfficial+/−
R1 Australian Grand Prix 8.0 12 20 6 Finished ▼ 6
R2 Chinese Grand Prix 7.2 20 8 R Retired
R3 Japanese Grand Prix 8.8 5 10 11 8 Finished ▲ 3
R4 Miami Grand Prix 8.2 10 1 2 5 Finished ▼ 5
R5 Canadian Grand Prix 8.7 6 8 6 3 Finished ▼ 3
R6 Monaco Grand Prix 8.1 8 4 2 R Retired
R7 Barcelona Grand Prix 8.9 2 18 5 4 Finished ▲ 2
R8 Austrian Grand Prix 9.7 1 25 5 2 Finished ▲ 1
R9 British Grand Prix 9.2 4 12 7 20 Retired ▲ 16
R10 Belgian Grand Prix 9.2 2 18 2 3 Finished ▲ 1
R11 Hungarian Grand Prix 9.6 1 25 4 2 Finished ▲ 1
R12 Dutch Grand Prix 6.2 22 7 R Retired
R13 Italian Grand Prix 9.8 2 18 5 3 Finished ▲ 1

Max Verstappen head-to-head

the comparisons worth making — team mate first, then the drivers either side on The Index
team mate VER vs HAD Max Verstappen against Isack Hadjar — all nine measures P2 on The Index VER vs ANT Max Verstappen against Kimi Antonelli — all nine measures