ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls vs EstebanOconHaas F1 Team
OCO leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Arvid Lindblad vs Esteban Ocon: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersArvid Lindblad drives for Racing Bulls, Esteban Ocon for Haas F1 Team, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Esteban Ocon leads on The Index, 7.71 to 6.65 — P12 against P21, a gap of 1.07 of a grade point. Round by round, Esteban Ocon has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Arvid Lindblad's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.18 against 7.00. Esteban Ocon takes Race Pace back the other way, 7.80 to 6.86. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency, Attack & Defence, Race Start. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Esteban Ocon sits P12 on 39 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P18 and P11.