The 2026 F1 Season is almost here and as if we didn’t have enough content, we thought we nerd it up a notch with our 2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings.
What is our 2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings I hear you ask? Well, first of all thanks for asking.
Secondly, we decided that a normal F1 season preview isn’t nearly complex enough, so we have taken various stats over various periods, applied various calculations, included various visuals and used the numbers to come up with a 2026 F1 Season standings in advance, with the winners of each GP for good measure.
Not only do we have a 2026 final ladder in advance, but we have included some barely interesting visuals for each category.
But do read on, for some barely interesting F1 2026 pre-season content.
2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings
We’ve taken the results in races and qualifying for all current drivers across all tracks, split by very recent and overall historic performance and added a multiplier for the 2026 based on overall career trajectory and the prospects of their 2026 car being a rocket or a dud.
Add it all together for a Championship overview as below, and later on split by each race where we try and pick the top three for every Grand Prix in 2026.
Ambitious? Yes. Complicated? Yeah? Potentially a waste of time that no one will believe or check later in the year to see if we were right? You know it.
2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings – 2026 Championship Order
Here is the final Championship order as per our calculations.
| ChampPos | Driver |
| 1 | Max VERSTAPPEN |
| 2 | George RUSSELL |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri |
| 4 | Charles LECLERC |
| 5 | Lando NORRIS |
| 6 | Lewis HAMILTON |
| 7 | Carlos SAINZ |
| 8 | Kimi Antonelli |
| 9 | Isack Hadjar |
| 10 | Fernando ALONSO |
| 11 | Pierre GASLY |
| 12 | Alexander Albon |
| 13 | Esteban OCON |
| 14 | Liam Lawson |
| 15 | Oliver Bearman |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg |
| 17 | Sergio PEREZ |
| 18 | Arvid Lindblad |
| 19 | Lance STROLL |
| 20 | Valtteri BOTTAS |
| 21 | Gabriel Bortoleto |
| 22 | Franco Colapinto |
2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings – Race by Race Winners
It’s not enough to give the overall Championship ranking, we have all the data to predict each race winner too for the 2026 F1 season.
This is getting a rating for each driver for each track and offers up the podium in each race, if nothing goes wrong mechanically, or if drivers don’t run into each other or off the track.
So adding up all the podiums may not match the overall season ratings above.
| Australia |
| George RUSSELL |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| China |
| Oscar PIASTRI |
| George RUSSELL |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Japan |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar PIASTRI |
| Bahrain |
| George RUSSELL |
| Oscar PIASTRI |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Charles LECLERC |
| George RUSSELL |
| Miami |
| George RUSSELL |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Canada |
| George RUSSELL |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Oscar PIASTRI |
| Monaco |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Charles LECLERC |
| Spain |
| Oscar Piastri |
| George RUSSELL |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Austria |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar Piastri |
| George RUSSELL |
| British |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Belgium |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Lando NORRIS |
| George RUSSELL |
| Hungary |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar Piastri |
| George RUSSELL |
| Dutch |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Isack Hadjar |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Italian |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Madrid |
| George RUSSELL |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Azerbaijan |
| George RUSSELL |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Singapore |
| George RUSSELL |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Lando NORRIS |
| USA |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Charles LECLERC |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Mexico |
| Lando NORRIS |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Charles LECLERC |
| Brazil |
| Lando NORRIS |
| George RUSSELL |
| Kimi Antonelli |
| Las Vegas |
| George RUSSELL |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Isack Hadjar |
| Qatar |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Oscar Piastri |
| George RUSSELL |
| Abu Dhabi |
| Max VERSTAPPEN |
| Oscar Piastri |
| Lando NORRIS |
2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings – Barely Interesting Stats
Using some of the stats that powered our calculations and 2026 F1 Season Forecast Ratings, here are the best of stats from the 2025 F1 season.
And if you need or want more stats , why not follow our comprehensive report on last season via the F1 2025 Driver of the Year & Stats article.
