Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

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

VS
#17The Index · 7.13
P21DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P15official · 6 pts
#21The Index · 6.65
P22DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P11official · 28 pts

Nico Hulkenberg vs Arvid Lindblad: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.13 to 6.65 — P17 against P21, a gap of 0.49 of a grade point. Round by round, Nico Hulkenberg has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.99 against 8.02. Arvid Lindblad takes Race Start back the other way, 8.74 to 6.38. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P21 on 16 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P15 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.31 B Race Pace 6.86
7.91 C Consistency 8.29
6.69 D Attack & Defence 8.02
9.99 E Tyre Management 8.02
8.72 F Qualifying 8.18
6.38 G Race Start 8.74
8.62 I Cleanliness 7.66

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified