Head-to-head · season 2026

ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls vs LanceStrollAston Martin

STR leads the grade duel 8–5 — 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
#15The Index · 7.31
P18DI championship · 24 pts
0best-of-race
P21official · 0 pts

Arvid Lindblad vs Lance Stroll: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Arvid Lindblad drives for Racing Bulls, Lance Stroll for Aston Martin, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Lance Stroll leads on The Index, 7.31 to 6.65 — P15 against P21, a gap of 0.67 of a grade point. Round by round, Lance Stroll has out-driven the other in 8 of 13 races where both were graded. Arvid Lindblad's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 8.18 against 6.29. Lance Stroll takes Race Pace back the other way, 8.28 to 6.86. They are effectively inseparable on Tyre Management. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Lance Stroll sits P18 on 24 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P21 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
6.86 B Race Pace 8.28
8.29 C Consistency 6.99
8.02 D Attack & Defence 7.72
8.02 E Tyre Management 8.12
8.18 F Qualifying 6.29
8.74 G Race Start 7.84
7.66 I Cleanliness 6.53

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified