Head-to-head · season 2026 · Racing Bulls team mates

LiamLawsonRacing Bulls vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

Liam Lawson leads 11–4 in the race-grade duel, across the rounds both were rated in.

#16The Index · 7.54

P17DriverIndex Championship · 35 pts

P9Official · 68 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 6.5 7.5 SHA 8.4 8.1 SUZ 8.4 7.3 MIA – 6.8 CAN 7.6 – MON 8.3 7.9 ESP 7.3 6.8 AUT 7.9 7.8 GBR 8.3 7.8 SPA 6.8 8.0 HUN 8.1 7.1 NED 7.6 6.3 ITA 7.9 9.3 MAD 7.4 8.3 BAK 8.3 8.3 MAL 9.0 8.3 SIN 8.1 6.3

The nine dimensions

season grades, mirrored — the longer bar wins the measure

8.40 OVD Overdelivery 7.79

6.98 PAC Race Pace 6.94

9.02 CON Consistency 8.23

8.16 ATK Attack & Defence 7.97

8.68 TYR Tyre Management 7.68

8.18 QUA Qualifying 8.02

9.26 STA Race Start 8.76

7.92 PIT Pit Stop Execution 8.09

8.80 CLN Cleanliness 7.90

Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified

Liam Lawson vs Arvid Lindblad: who is driving better in 2026?

Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad are Racing Bulls team mates this season, which makes this the cleanest comparison in Formula 1: two drivers, the same machinery, the same strategy calls. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.54 to 6.65 — P16 against P19, a gap of 0.90 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 11 of 15 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Tyre Management — 8.68 against 7.68. Arvid Lindblad takes Pit Stop Execution back the other way, 8.09 to 7.92. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P17 on 35 points to Arvid Lindblad's P19 on 22. Officially they stand P9 and P11.