Formula 1
2026 F1 Stats: The Top Ten After Five Rounds
Points, podiums, qualifying gaps, and overtakes — a data snapshot of the title race a quarter of the way through the season.
Five rounds in. Here's what the numbers actually say — not the vibes, not the headlines, the data.
Driver standings — top ten
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins | Podiums | Avg Quali | Overtakes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 112 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 90 | 1 | 3 | 1.6 | 4 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 84 | 1 | 3 | 3.4 | 8 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 71 | 0 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 53 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 48 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 9 |
| 8 | Andrea K. Antonelli | Mercedes | 38 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 7 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 5 |
What jumps out
Norris's average qualifying position is 2.0. He's been on the front row in every race. That's not luck; that's car + driver clicking on Saturdays.
Sainz's overtake count (11) is the highest in the top six. Williams is a Q3 car now, but it isn't a podium car — so Carlos has been picking up points the hard way. Most overtakes per starting-gap-points-scored is, frankly, an underrated metric and he leads it comfortably.
Hamilton's qualifying gap to Leclerc is 0.21s on average. That's smaller than it looks. He's getting closer week by week, and his race pace is already there.
Constructors snapshot
| Pos | Team | Points | Δ vs P1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren | 196 | — |
| 2 | Red Bull | 112 | -84 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 112 | -84 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 86 | -110 |
| 5 | Williams | 64 | -132 |
McLaren are 84 points clear after five rounds. For context, that's already a bigger lead than the entire 2024 second-place gap at this stage of the season.
What I'm watching next
- Whether Piastri's Saturday pace catches Norris's — the only question that matters internally at McLaren.
- Whether Ferrari's Imola upgrade actually closes the gap, or just shuffles their own drivers.
- Whether Williams can convert raw pace into podiums on a high-deg circuit.
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