FrancoColapintoAlpine vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 6.59 — P1 against P22, a gap of 3.20 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.70 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Expected Position back the other way, 10.00 to 6.80. 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 139 points to Franco Colapinto's P14 on 33. Officially they stand P6 and P12.