Head-to-head · season 2026

ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls vs LandoNorrisMcLaren

NOR leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.

VS
#21The Index · 6.65
P22DI championship · 16 pts
0best-of-race
P11official · 28 pts
#4The Index · 9.25
P4DI championship · 109 pts
1best-of-race
P4official · 139 pts

Arvid Lindblad vs Lando Norris: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Arvid Lindblad drives for Racing Bulls, Lando Norris for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lando Norris leads on The Index, 9.25 to 6.65 — P4 against P21, a gap of 2.61 of a grade point. Round by round, Lando Norris has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Arvid Lindblad's clearest advantage is Pit Stop Execution — 7.99 against 6.78. Lando Norris takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.06 to 6.86. They are effectively inseparable on Qualifying. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lando Norris sits P4 on 109 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P4 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
6.86 B Race Pace 9.06
8.29 C Consistency 9.15
8.02 D Attack & Defence 8.43
8.02 E Tyre Management 8.33
8.18 F Qualifying 8.16
8.74 G Race Start 8.18
7.66 I Cleanliness 8.70

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified