FrancoColapintoAlpine 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.
Franco Colapinto vs Yuki Tsunoda: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersFranco Colapinto drives for Alpine, 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 6.85 — P13 against P20, a gap of 0.93 of a grade point. Round by round, Yuki Tsunoda has out-driven the other in 2 of 3 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.86 against 7.47. Yuki Tsunoda takes Consistency back the other way, 9.84 to 7.37. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P13 on 45 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P12 and P20.