LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs YukiTsunodaRacing Bulls
LAW leads the grade duel 2–1 — across the 14 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Liam Lawson vs Yuki Tsunoda: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersLiam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, 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 7.23 — P13 against P17, a gap of 0.55 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 2 of 3 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 7.90 against 6.00. Yuki Tsunoda takes Tyre Management back the other way, 9.70 to 8.70. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P16 on 27 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P9 and P20.