Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

BOT leads the grade duel 7–6 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#19The Index · 6.86
P19DI championship · 19 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts
#21The Index · 6.65
P22DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P11official · 28 pts

Valtteri Bottas vs Arvid Lindblad: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Valtteri Bottas leads on The Index, 6.86 to 6.65 — P19 against P21, a gap of 0.22 of a grade point. Round by round, Valtteri Bottas has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.59 against 6.86. Arvid Lindblad takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 8.02 to 6.26. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Valtteri Bottas sits P19 on 19 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P21 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.59 B Race Pace 6.86
6.98 C Consistency 8.29
6.26 D Attack & Defence 8.02
6.50 E Tyre Management 8.02
8.09 F Qualifying 8.18
7.06 G Race Start 8.74
7.36 I Cleanliness 7.66

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified