Head-to-head · season 2026

CharlesLeclercFerrari vs YukiTsunodaRacing Bulls

LEC leads the grade duel 2–1 — across the 14 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#4The Index · 9.26
P3DI championship · 130 pts
2best-of-race
P5official · 139 pts
#13The Index · 7.78
P23DI championship · 8 pts
0best-of-race
P20official · 1 pts

Charles Leclerc vs Yuki Tsunoda: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Charles Leclerc drives for Ferrari, Yuki Tsunoda for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Charles Leclerc leads on The Index, 9.26 to 7.78 — P4 against P13, a gap of 1.48 of a grade point. Round by round, Charles Leclerc has out-driven the other in 2 of 3 races where both were graded. Charles Leclerc's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 9.49 against 7.13. Yuki Tsunoda takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.79 to 6.70. They are effectively inseparable on Attack & Defence. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Charles Leclerc sits P3 on 130 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P5 and P20.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
8.97 A Overdelivery 7.96
9.49 B Race Pace 7.13
8.79 C Consistency 9.84
7.57 D Attack & Defence 7.55
7.68 E Tyre Management 9.70
8.17 F Qualifying 6.00
9.54 G Race Start 7.47
8.65 I Cleanliness 8.36

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified