Head-to-head · season 2026

ArvidLindbladRacing Bulls vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

VER leads the grade duel 11–2 — 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
#1The Index · 9.79
P1DI championship · 139 pts
2best-of-race
P6official · 115 pts

Arvid Lindblad vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?

the verdict, from the numbers

Arvid Lindblad drives for Racing Bulls, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 6.65 — P1 against P21, a gap of 3.15 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 11 of 13 races where both were graded. Arvid Lindblad's clearest advantage is Race Start — 8.74 against 7.24. Max Verstappen takes Race Pace back the other way, 9.84 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 — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 139 points to Arvid Lindblad's P22 on 16. Officially they stand P6 and P11.

The nine dimensions

season averages, mirrored — the longer bar wins the metric
7.68 A Expected Position 10.00
6.86 B Race Pace 9.84
8.29 C Consistency 9.34
8.02 D Attack & Defence 9.83
8.02 E Tyre Management 7.89
8.18 F Qualifying 8.60
8.74 G Race Start 7.24
7.66 I Cleanliness 8.51

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Race grade, round by round

gaps = not classified