OscarPiastriMcLaren vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Oscar Piastri drives for McLaren, 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 8.59 — P1 against P8, a gap of 1.20 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Oscar Piastri's clearest advantage is Race Start — 9.20 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.84 to 7.92. 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 Oscar Piastri's P8 on 74. Officially they stand P6 and P7.