Head-to-head · season 2026
FrancoColapintoAlpine vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing
Max Verstappen leads 10–5 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.
Round by round
the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysisThe nine dimensions
season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measureRace grade, round by round
gaps = not classifiedFranco Colapinto vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 10.00 to 6.55 — P1 against P22, a gap of 3.45 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 10 of 15 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.62 against 7.28. Max Verstappen takes Overdelivery back the other way, 10.00 to 6.59. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 195 points to Franco Colapinto's P15 on 47. Officially they stand P4 and P12.