Arvid Lindblad

Racing Bulls · P11 · 37 p

The Racing Bulls car currently sits in the back half (1.67 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Lindblad qualifies closer to the front than the races show (quali 1.57, race 1.91 s/lap). Form has been stable over the last five races. In wheel-to-wheel combat Lindblad outperforms the car: the driver share of attack is +0.22 s/lap – Lindblad gets past cars the pace numbers say should not be passable.

Lindblad and Lawson have been team-mates in 13 of 16 races; the comparison below covers those races. In qualifying Lawson leads the intra-team qualifying battle 8–5, by 0.016 s/lap on average in Lawson's favour. In races where both were classified: 7–3 to Lawson, and in race pace Lawson is 0.167 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Lawson an edge of 0.40 s/lap. Tyre management is worse than the team-mate's (+0.002 against -0.018 s/lap stint slope versus the field).