Head-to-head · season 2026

NicoHulkenbergAudi vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

Arvid Lindblad leads 7–6 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#15The Index · 7.62

P14DriverIndex Championship · 50 pts

P14Official · 11 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 SHA 7.7 8.1 SUZ 7.9 7.3 MIA – 6.8 CAN 7.4 – MON 7.5 7.9 ESP – 6.8 AUT 8.1 7.8 GBR 7.6 7.8 SPA 7.2 8.0 HUN 8.2 7.1 NED 7.9 6.3 ITA 7.6 9.3 MAD 7.6 8.3 BAK 8.8 8.3 MAL 7.9 8.3 SIN 9.6 6.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.18 OVD Overdelivery 7.79

7.56 PAC Race Pace 6.94

8.14 CON Consistency 8.23

6.90 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

9.51 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.54 QUA Qualifying 8.02

6.88 STA Race Start 8.76

8.98 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.09

8.75 CLN Cleanliness 7.90

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

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

Nico Hulkenberg drives for Audi, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything on this page has car performance taken out of it. Nico Hulkenberg leads on The Index, 7.62 to 6.65 — P15 against P19, a gap of 0.97 of a grade point. Round by round, Arvid Lindblad has out-driven the other in 7 of 13 races where both were graded. Nico Hulkenberg's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 9.51 against 7.68. Arvid Lindblad takes Race Start back the other way, 8.76 to 6.88. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Nico Hulkenberg sits P14 on 50 points to Arvid Lindblad's P19 on 22. Officially they stand P14 and P11.