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.
Arvid Lindblad vs Max Verstappen: who is driving better in 2026?
the verdict, from the numbersArvid 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.