Head-to-head · season 2026

ValtteriBottasCadillac vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

Arvid Lindblad leads 7–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

vs
#23The Index · 6.00
P22DriverIndex Championship · 15 pts
P21Official · 0 pts
#19The Index · 6.65
P19DriverIndex Championship · 22 pts
P11Official · 37 pts

Round by round

the race grade decides each round · click a round for the full analysis
MEL – 7.5 SUZ 6.6 7.3 CAN 7.3 – MON – 7.9 ESP – 6.8 AUT – 7.8 GBR 7.5 7.8 SPA 7.1 8.0 HUN – 7.1 ITA 7.2 9.3 MAD 6.6 8.3 BAK 7.6 8.3 MAL 6.3 8.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure
7.30 OVD Overdelivery 7.79
7.51 PAC Race Pace 6.94
6.34 CON Consistency 8.23
6.58 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97
6.36 TYR Tyre Management 7.68
7.36 QUA Qualifying 8.02
6.83 STA Race Start 8.76
6.74 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.09
6.61 CLN Cleanliness 7.90

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Valtteri Bottas drives for Cadillac, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Arvid Lindblad leads on The Index, 6.65 to 6.00 — P19 against P23, a gap of 0.65 of a grade point. Round by round, Arvid Lindblad has out-driven the other in 7 of 11 races where both were graded. Valtteri Bottas's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.51 against 6.94. Arvid Lindblad takes Race Start back the other way, 8.76 to 6.83. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Arvid Lindblad sits P19 on 22 points to Valtteri Bottas's P22 on 15. Officially they stand P11 and P21.