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 11 rounds of the 2026 season, up to the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.
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 Barcelona, Austria, Britain, Belgium and Hungary (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 11 rounds (sprint points included in the season total). 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.
Lando Norris
A window of P3, P7, P4, P5, P1 that climaxed with victory at the Hungaroring — the reigning champion's first win of 2026 and McLaren's first of the new era. The breakthrough lifts Norris to the top of the Form Rating; he sits fifth in the championship on 133 points.
Kimi Antonelli
Six wins in eleven races, including a dominant pole-to-flag victory at Spa-Francorchamps. He backed it up with third at the Hungaroring on a weekend McLaren and Red Bull led the pace, now leading on 219 points and 50 clear of Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton
A window of P1, P5, P3, P4, P5 with podiums in two of the last five races — a steady front-running presence that keeps Hamilton second in the championship on 169 points, now 50 adrift of Antonelli but holding second nine clear of George Russell.
Charles Leclerc
The momentum is real. A British GP win, second at Spa and fourth plus the fastest lap at the Hungaroring keep Leclerc firmly on the up, fourth in the championship on 138 points. Ferrari's pace bodes well for the second half of the year.
Max Verstappen
Second at the Hungaroring backs up his Spa podium — back-to-back rostrums after the British GP retirement. Verstappen sits sixth in the championship on 109 points, the mid-window DNF still capping an otherwise front-running form line.
Oscar Piastri
A gearbox failure on lap 56 at the Hungaroring ended Piastri's afternoon from a points-scoring position — the low point of a fading window of P5, P4, P11, P7, DNF. He stays seventh in the championship on 88 points as team-mate Norris surges.
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 10 rounds, Lewis Hamilton tops the table — his window of P2, P1, P5, P3, P4 includes podiums in three of the last five races. Kimi Antonelli won from pole at Spa for his sixth victory, while Charles Leclerc follows his British GP win with P2 in Belgium.
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 Hungarian Grand Prix, round 11 of 2026.