2026 Momentum Tracker
F1 Form Guide
The championship table tells you who has scored the most points this year. The Form Guide tells you who is hot right now. We track every driver's last five races to reveal who is on the rise, who is slumping, and who is riding a streak — measured after 7 rounds of the 2026 season, up to the Barcelona Grand Prix.
On the Rise
Drivers whose recent results are trending sharply upward — climbing the order or scoring well above their early-season baseline.
Slumping
Drivers heading the other way — recent finishes sliding backward or falling below what their season has promised.
The Full Form Table
Every driver ranked by Form Rating. Last 5 shows finishing positions in Japan, Miami, Canada, Monaco and Barcelona (oldest → newest). Trend reflects the direction of those results, not their raw quality — a front-runner can be steady while a midfielder rockets up the order. Tap any column header to sort.
| # | Driver | Team | Last 5 Results | Trend | Recent Pts | Season Avg | Form Rating▼ |
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Recent Pts = championship points scored across the last five races. Season Avg = points per race across all 7 rounds. A driver scoring well above their season average is in a purple patch; below it, a dip. DNFs count as a back-of-grid finish for trend and rating.
Streaks to Watch
The runs that define a season-within-a-season — the hot streaks carrying drivers to the front, and the cold streaks they are desperate to break.
Oscar Piastri
Two wins and four podiums across the window. The metronome of 2026 — Piastri keeps banking big results and leads the championship he is favourite to win.
George Russell
A scrappy Canada (P11) looked like a low point — instead it sparked a charge to P4 in Monaco and a commanding victory in Barcelona. Mercedes' upgrades have landed and Russell is the man making them count.
Kimi Antonelli
The 18-year-old rookie climbed from P11 in Canada to his maiden F1 podium in Barcelona, third place. After a bedding-in stretch, the youngest podium-sitter in years has clicked into gear at exactly the right time.
Lando Norris
A win in Canada said title contender; a self-inflicted crash into team-mate Piastri in Barcelona said something else. Still firmly in the fight, but Norris has watched his championship deficit balloon during a costly fortnight.
Lewis Hamilton
The Ferrari move hasn't sparked. Five straight finishes outside the podium and consistently shaded by team-mate Leclerc — Hamilton is mining points but searching for the feeling that delivered seven titles.
Isack Hadjar
Promoted alongside Verstappen for 2026, Hadjar is finding the second Red Bull seat a handful — but a battling P6 in Canada showed the pace that earned him the call-up. Quietly the most improved of the run as he settles in.
How the Form Rating Works
The Form Rating is a 1–100 score that answers a simple question: how good is this driver right now? It is built from each driver's last five races and rewards two things at once — the quality of those finishes and their direction.
A driver who finishes on the podium every weekend scores in the 80s and 90s. A driver climbing from the midfield toward the points earns a momentum bonus that lifts their rating above their raw results. A driver sliding backward — or retiring — is marked down. DNFs are treated as a last-place finish, because in form terms a zero hurts.
Crucially, the Trend arrow is separate from the rating. Trend measures the slope of a driver's recent finishes — are results getting better or worse across the five-race window? That's why a dominant leader can sit at "steady" (already at the front, nowhere higher to climb) while a recovering midfielder shows a green up-arrow.
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Form Guide — FAQ
What is the F1 Form Guide?
It's a momentum tracker. Instead of ranking drivers by their season-long points total, it ranks them by recent results — the last five races — to show who is improving, who is declining, and who is on a hot or cold streak.
How is the Form Rating calculated?
It blends the quality of a driver's last five finishes with their trajectory across the window. Front-running, improving drivers score near 100; poor or worsening runs score low. DNFs are counted as a back-of-grid finish, so retirements drag the rating down.
Why is the Trend arrow different from the Form Rating?
The rating measures how good results are; the trend measures which way they're heading. A championship leader already at the front can be "steady" with a high rating, while a midfielder climbing fast shows a rising arrow with a lower rating.
Which driver has the best form in 2026?
After 7 rounds, Oscar Piastri tops the table on the strength of a five-race podium streak. George Russell and rookie Kimi Antonelli carry the strongest upward momentum following their results in Barcelona.
How often is the Form Guide updated?
The window rolls forward with the season — each new Grand Prix drops the oldest race and adds the latest, so the picture always reflects the most recent five rounds. This snapshot is current to the Barcelona Grand Prix, round 7 of 2026.