ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls vs OscarPiastriMcLaren
PIA leads the grade duel 9–4 — across the 13 rounds both were rated in, the car stripped out of the equation.
Arvid Lindblad vs Oscar Piastri: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersArvid Lindblad drives for Racing Bulls, Oscar Piastri for McLaren, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Oscar Piastri leads on The Index, 8.59 to 6.65 — P8 against P21, a gap of 1.94 of a grade point. Round by round, Oscar Piastri 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 6.53. Oscar Piastri takes Race Pace back the other way, 7.92 to 6.86. They are effectively inseparable on Consistency. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Oscar Piastri sits P8 on 74 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P7 and P11.