Head-to-head · season 2026

LewisHamiltonFerrari vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

HAM leads the grade duel 10–3 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#5The Index · 8.92
P5DI championship · 95 pts
2best-of-race
P2official · 171 pts
#21The Index · 6.65
P22DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P11official · 28 pts

Lewis Hamilton vs Arvid Lindblad: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Lewis Hamilton drives for Ferrari, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lewis Hamilton leads on The Index, 8.92 to 6.65 — P5 against P21, a gap of 2.28 of a grade point. Round by round, Lewis Hamilton has out-driven the other in 10 of 13 races where both were graded. Lewis Hamilton's clearest advantage is Race Pace — 9.26 against 6.86. Arvid Lindblad takes Tyre Management back the other way, 8.02 to 6.89. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lewis Hamilton sits P5 on 95 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P2 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
9.26 B Race Pace 6.86
8.15 C Consistency 8.29
7.82 D Attack & Defence 8.02
6.89 E Tyre Management 8.02
7.86 F Qualifying 8.18
8.04 G Race Start 8.74
8.45 I Cleanliness 7.66

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified