Head-to-head · season 2026

KimiAntonelliMercedes vs GabrielBortoletoAudi

Kimi Antonelli leads 11–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#2The Index · 9.67

P2DriverIndex Championship · 181 pts

P1Official · 309 pts

#20The Index · 6.56

P16DriverIndex Championship · 43 pts

P15Official · 10 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis

MEL 8.0 8.1 SHA 8.9 – SUZ 8.4 7.0 MIA 8.7 9.5 CAN 8.1 7.0 MON 9.5 7.2 ESP 7.8 6.6 AUT 7.8 8.3 GBR 8.4 8.0 SPA 8.3 8.6 HUN 9.1 7.2 NED 9.1 6.9 ITA 9.8 7.8 MAD 8.6 7.2 BAK 8.8 7.5 MAL 9.7 7.1 SIN 8.7 –

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

9.38 OVD Overdelivery 6.54

9.74 PAC Race Pace 7.67

9.14 CON Consistency 8.14

9.11 ATK Attack & Defence 6.40

9.42 TYR Tyre Management 6.68

8.40 QUA Qualifying 7.49

7.62 STA Race Start 6.42

7.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.10

7.76 CLN Cleanliness 7.80

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Kimi Antonelli vs Gabriel Bortoleto: who is driving better in 2026?

Kimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Gabriel Bortoleto for Audi, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.67 to 6.56 — P2 against P20, a gap of 3.11 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 11 of 15 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Overdelivery — 9.38 against 6.54. Gabriel Bortoleto takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.10 to 7.98. They are effectively inseparable on Pit Stop Execution, Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P2 on 181 points to Gabriel Bortoleto's P16 on 43. Officially they stand P1 and P15.