Head-to-head · season 2026

FrancoColapintoAlpine vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

Arvid Lindblad leads 8–7 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#22The Index · 6.55

P15DriverIndex Championship · 47 pts

P12Official · 27 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 7.6 7.5 SHA 7.5 8.1 SUZ 6.4 7.3 MIA 8.3 6.8 CAN 8.9 – MON 7.1 7.9 ESP 7.7 6.8 AUT 7.0 7.8 GBR 9.4 7.8 SPA 8.5 8.0 HUN 6.7 7.1 NED 6.5 6.3 ITA 7.1 9.3 MAD 8.7 8.3 BAK 6.4 8.3 MAL 7.8 8.3 SIN – 6.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

6.59 OVD Overdelivery 7.79

7.33 PAC Race Pace 6.94

7.43 CON Consistency 8.23

8.32 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

8.05 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

7.03 QUA Qualifying 8.02

8.62 STA Race Start 8.76

7.43 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.09

7.29 CLN Cleanliness 7.90

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Franco Colapinto vs Arvid Lindblad: who is driving better in 2026?

Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, 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 6.55 — P19 against P22, a gap of 0.10 of a grade point. Round by round, Arvid Lindblad has out-driven the other in 8 of 15 races where both were graded. Franco Colapinto's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 7.33 against 6.94. Arvid Lindblad takes Overdelivery back the other way, 7.79 to 6.59. They are effectively inseparable on Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Franco Colapinto sits P15 on 47 points to Arvid Lindblad's P19 on 22. Officially they stand P12 and P11.