KimiAntonelliMercedes vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Kimi Antonelli drives for Mercedes, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 9.50 — P1 against P2, a gap of 0.30 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Kimi Antonelli's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.14 against 7.89. Max Verstappen takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 9.83 to 8.81. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 139 points to Kimi Antonelli's P3 on 118. Officially they stand P6 and P1.