
F1 Driver Form 2026: Verstappen Out-Scored Everyone
Verstappen scored 101 points in rounds 13 to 17, Antonelli 93. GridRaces data on who is peaking before Mexico City.
Data-driven Formula 1 analysis on pace, tyres, pit stops and qualifying, from measured telemetry.
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Verstappen scored 101 points in rounds 13 to 17, Antonelli 93. GridRaces data on who is peaking before Mexico City.

Mercedes won 11 of 17 in 2026 and made the podium in all six defeats. Two poles lost, four qualifying gaps.

F1 places gained in 2026 mostly reflect grid slot. Hadjar gains 3.00 a race, Verstappen 1.29, Russell loses 0.67 in GridRaces data.

Antonelli has 8 wins to Verstappen's 2 in GridRaces data, but loses more places on lap one. Here is what the Austin front row duel looks like in numbers.

Isack Hadjar starts third in Austin, but GridRaces data shows he has lost a net 8 places on lap one this season. Can he keep the podium slot?

GridRaces data: Ferrari net +19 places on lap one in 2026, Mercedes -27, even from near-identical average grid slots.

Fernando Alonso has finished 11 of 17 races in 2026 and never ended one behind his grid slot. The Honda problem is qualifying and reliability.

Across 689 stops in 17 rounds, Ferrari have the quickest median pit-lane time. Red Bull are the most consistent. Williams are the widest.

GridRaces data from 340 hard-tyre stints in 2026: average 24.3 laps, median 24, and a spread that should shape Austin strategy talk.

GridRaces data on the Verstappen 2026 season through round 15: no poles, four second places, and the second-best points haul since Belgium.

Mercedes' quicker car averaged 0.074s off pole across Rounds 10-15, the closest of any team. Sepang cast doubt on why. Singapore will help answer it.

GridRaces data on 60 starts from P19 or lower in 2026: the median climb is six places, but only five ended in points.