GeorgeRussellMercedes vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

George Russell drives for Mercedes, 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 7.60 — P1 against P13, a gap of 2.19 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 11 of 13 races where both were graded. George Russell's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.65 against 8.51. Max Verstappen takes Expected Position back the other way, 10.00 to 6.29. 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 George Russell's P15 on 28. Officially they stand P6 and P3.