With the calendar set to flip to July, it is a perfect time to check the standings.
The Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship standings, that is.
Kimi Antonelli remains in the lead ahead of the British Grand Prix, thanks to a string of five consecutive wins, but teammate George Russell pulled within 40 points of the young Mercedes driver thanks to Sunday’s win at the Austrian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is lurking as well, in the wake of his first Grand Prix win for Ferrari, coming at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix a few weeks ago.
Here are the 2026 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings following the Austrian Grand Prix.
2026 F1 Drivers’ Championship Standings
Here are the current F1 Drivers’ Championship standings, following the Austrian Grand Prix on June 28.
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Points |
Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 171 | 1 |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 131 | 1 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 125 | 1 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 80 | 2 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 79 | 2 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 79 | 3 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 73 | 2 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 42 | 4 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 41 | 3 |
| 10 | Liam Lawson | VCARB | 30 | 6 |
| 11 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 16 | 6 |
| 13 | Arvid Lindblad | VCARB | 14 | 7 |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1 | 10 |
| 19 | Nico Hülkenberg | Audi | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | Sergio Pérez | Cadillac | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 0 | 15 |
How does F1 scoring work?
In the Grand Prix format, the top ten finishers score points. The winner of the Grand Prix collects 25 points, while the second-place finisher earns 18 and the third-place finisher earns 15.
Here is the allocation for points in the top ten of a Grand Prix race:
P1: 25 points
P2: 18 points
P3: 15 points
P4: 12 points
P5: 10 points
P6: 8 points
P7: 6 points
P8: 4 points
P9: 2 points
P10: 1 point
In an F1 Sprint race, the top eight finishers score points, starting with eight points for the winner, down to one point for the driver finishing eighth.
How do tiebreakers work in F1?
Tiebreakers in the F1 standings work on a “countback” system, looking at race results. For example, when there is a tie at the top of the standings, that is broken by counting the number of Grand Prix wins. If, hypothetically, two drivers finish the year tied in points atop the standings, the driver with the most Grand Prix wins would win the championship. If that number is the same, the driver with the most second-place finishes would win, working down the finishing order until the tie is broken.
This countback system came into play last year when Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, and Lando Norris were battling for the 2025 Drivers’ Championship. Heading into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, all three drivers had seven Grand Prix victories, so Norris’ eight second-place finishes — compared to five for Verstappen and four for Piastri — gave the eventual Drivers’ Champion an advantage on countback.
Looking at the standings this year, our first tie involves Norris and Charles Leclerc, who both have 79 points. Norris sits ahead in the standings thanks to his second-place finish at the Miami Grand Prix, while Leclerc’s best finish is a P3.
We can also see the countback system at the bottom of the standings. Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Pérez, and Lance Stroll are the four drivers yet to score a point this year. Hülkenberg sits 19th in the standings thanks to a pair of P11 finishes (first in China and then in Japan). Bottas is next, with a P13 from the Chinese Grand Prix, followed by Pérez, who finished 14th at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Stroll rounds out the field in P22, as his best finish this year was a P15 at his home race, the Canadian Grand Prix.
