ValtteriBottasCadillac vs FrancoColapintoAlpine
BOT leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Valtteri Bottas vs Franco Colapinto: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersValtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Franco Colapinto for Alpine, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Valtteri Bottas leads on The Index, 6.86 to 6.59 — P19 against P22, a gap of 0.27 of a grade point. Round by round, Valtteri Bottas has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.09 against 6.75. Franco Colapinto takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.21 to 6.26. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P14 on 33 points to Valtteri Bottas's P19 on 19. Officially they stand P12 and P21.