KimiAntonelliMercedes vs YukiTsunodaRacing Bulls
ANT leads the grade duel 3–0 — across the 14 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Kimi Antonelli vs Yuki Tsunoda: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersKimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Yuki Tsunoda for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Kimi Antonelli leads on The Index, 9.48 to 7.78 — P2 against P13, a gap of 1.70 of a grade point. Round by round, Kimi Antonelli has out-driven the other in 3 of 3 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.71 against 6.00. Yuki Tsunoda takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.79 to 8.09. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Kimi Antonelli sits P4 on 128 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P1 and P20.