YukiTsunodaRacing Bulls vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing
VER leads the grade duel 2–1 — across the 14 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Yuki Tsunoda vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersYuki Tsunoda drives for Racing Bulls, 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, 9.88 to 7.78 — P1 against P13, a gap of 2.10 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 2 of 3 races where both were graded. Yuki Tsunoda's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.70 against 7.95. Max Verstappen takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.78 to 7.13. They are effectively inseparable on Cleanliness. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 157 points to Yuki Tsunoda's P23 on 8. Officially they stand P6 and P20.