Head-to-head · season 2026

LiamLawsonRed Bull Racing vs ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls

LAW leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#14The Index · 7.37
P16DI championship · 27 pts
0best-of-race
P9official · 48 pts
#21The Index · 6.65
P22DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P11official · 28 pts

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

the verdict, from the numbers

Liam Lawson drives for Red Bull Racing, Arvid Lindblad for Racing Bulls, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Liam Lawson leads on The Index, 7.37 to 6.65 — P14 against P21, a gap of 0.72 of a grade point. Round by round, Liam Lawson has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Liam Lawson's clearest advantage is Cleanliness — 9.03 against 7.66. Arvid Lindblad takes Qualifying back the other way, 8.18 to 7.98. They are effectively inseparable on Race Pace, Pit Stop Execution. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Liam Lawson sits P16 on 27 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P9 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
6.81 B Race Pace 6.86
9.15 C Consistency 8.29
8.30 D Attack & Defence 8.02
8.64 E Tyre Management 8.02
7.98 F Qualifying 8.18
9.13 G Race Start 8.74
9.03 I Cleanliness 7.66

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified