LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Liam Lawson and Max Verstappen are Red Bull Racing team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 7.37 — P1 against P14, a gap of 2.42 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.13 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.84 to 6.81. 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 Liam Lawson's P16 on 27. Officially they stand P6 and P9.