ValtteriBottasCadillac vs LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing
BOT leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Valtteri Bottas vs Liam Lawson: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersValtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Liam Lawson for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.37 to 6.86 — P14 against P19, a gap of 0.51 of a grade point. Round by round, Valtteri Bottas has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.59 against 6.81. Liam Lawson takes Consistency back the other way, 9.15 to 6.98. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P16 on 27 points to Valtteri Bottas's P19 on 19. Officially they stand P9 and P21.