Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs YukiTsunodaRacing Bulls

TSU leads the grade duel 2–1 — across the 14 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#23The Index · 6.56
P21DI championship · 19 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts
#13The Index · 7.78
P23DI championship · 8 pts
0best-of-race
P20official · 1 pts

Valtteri Bottas vs Yuki Tsunoda: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Yuki Tsunoda for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Yuki Tsunoda leads on The Index, 7.78 to 6.56 — P13 against P23, a gap of 1.22 of a grade point. Round by round, Yuki Tsunoda has out-driven the other in 2 of 3 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.72 against 6.00. Yuki Tsunoda takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.70 to 6.20. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Valtteri Bottas sits P21 on 19 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P21 and P20.

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL 7.9 – SHA 9.0 – SUZ 6.6 – MIA 7.0 – CAN 7.3 – MON 7.9 – ESP 7.9 – AUT 8.0 – GBR 7.5 – SPA 7.1 – HUN 8.2 – ITA 7.2 8.6 MAD 6.6 7.3

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.27 A Overdelivery 7.96
7.59 B Race Pace 7.13
6.59 C Consistency 9.84
6.21 D Attack & Defence 7.55
6.20 E Tyre Management 9.70
7.72 F Qualifying 6.00
6.98 G Race Start 7.47
6.47 H Pit Stop Execution 8.79
6.80 I Cleanliness 8.36

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified