GabrielBortoletoAudi vs ValtteriBottasCadillac
BOR leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Gabriel Bortoleto vs Valtteri Bottas: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersGabriel Bortoleto drives for Audi, Valtteri Bottas for Cadillac, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Gabriel Bortoleto leads on The Index, 7.03 to 6.86 — P18 against P19, a gap of 0.17 of a grade point. Round by round, Gabriel Bortoleto has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Gabriel Bortoleto's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 8.12 against 6.61. Valtteri Bottas takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.09 to 7.31. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Gabriel Bortoleto sits P13 on 39 points to Valtteri Bottas's P19 on 19. Officially they stand P14 and P21.