PierreGaslyAlpine vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Pierre Gasly 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 8.86 — P1 against P6, a gap of 0.94 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Pierre Gasly's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.80 against 7.89. Max Verstappen takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 9.83 to 8.24. 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 Pierre Gasly's P7 on 80. Officially they stand P6 and P10.