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QualifyingF1 qualifying ranking, 2026
Saturday performance judged against the machinery’s baseline, not the stopwatch alone. A midfield car dragged into places it doesn’t belong scores higher than a rocket ship parked on pole.
Qualifying ranking, 2026
each round on its own, the season against the grid · click a column to sort| Pos | Driver | MEL | SHA | SUZ | MIA | CAN | MON | ESP | AUT | GBR | SPA | HUN | NED | ITA | MAD | BAK | MAL | SIN | SEASON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALOFernando Alonso | – | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | – | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.74 |
| 2 | SAICarlos Sainz | – | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.39 |
| 3 | GASPierre Gasly | 8.8 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.99 |
| 4 | BEAOliver Bearman | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.1 | – | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.97 |
| 5 | VERMax Verstappen | – | 8.4 | 8.3 | – | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.8 | – | 8.73 |
| 6 | PERSergio Perez | 9.4 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 8.66 |
| 7 | HULNico Hulkenberg | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 8.54 |
| 8 | ANTKimi Antonelli | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.40 |
| 9 | NORLando Norris | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.22 |
| 10 | LAWLiam Lawson | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.18 |
| 11 | LECCharles Leclerc | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.10 |
| 12 | LINArvid Lindblad | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.02 |
| 13 | HAMLewis Hamilton | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.94 |
| 14 | PIAOscar Piastri | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.82 |
| 15 | RUSGeorge Russell | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.63 |
| 16 | HADIsack Hadjar | – | 7.6 | 7.7 | – | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | – | – | – | 7.8 | 7.2 | – | 7.55 |
| 17 | BORGabriel Bortoleto | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 7.49 |
| 18 | BOTValtteri Bottas | 6.6 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 6.8 | 7.36 |
| 19 | OCOEsteban Ocon | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 6.9 | – | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.05 |
| 20 | COLFranco Colapinto | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.03 |
| 21 | ALBAlexander Albon | – | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.61 |
| 22 | STRLance Stroll | – | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | – | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.26 |
| 23 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.0 | 6.0 | 7.1 | – | – | – | 6.00 |
A race grade rates one afternoon; a season grade rates a driver across the year against the rest of the grid. They answer different questions, so the season figure is not the row added up. – = not classified that race, never counted towards the season.
The spread
every race grade, driver by driverRace-by-race distribution
dot = one race · diamond = season averageAcross the season
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top 10 driver-race gradesHow the grid reads on Qualifying in 2026
This season, Fernando Alonso leads Qualifying: 9.74 against the grid, across 15 rated races. The single best Qualifying performance of the year belongs to Valtteri Bottas — 10.0 at the SHA.
At the top. Fernando Alonso leads Qualifying on 9.74, 0.35 clear of Carlos Sainz on 9.39. 23 drivers have enough running to be rated, and the field runs from 9.74 down to 6.00 — a spread of 3.74 of a grade point.
The speciality. Carlos Sainz is P2 on Qualifying but only P12 on The Index overall — 10 places better here than at everything else put together.
The soft spot. Yuki Tsunoda runs the other way: P14 on The Index but only P23 here, 9 places worse.
Same car, same measure. The tightest team-mate pair on the grid is Ferrari — Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton separated by just 0.16. The widest is Aston Martin, where Fernando Alonso is 3.49 ahead of Lance Stroll.
What this number is not. Qualifying is one of nine independent measures, and a driver can lead it while sitting mid-table overall. It is a rating against the rest of the grid this season, not against history.