How does the F1 championship calculator work?

It starts from the official 2026 standings and adds the points from the finishing positions you pick for each remaining race: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for a Grand Prix and 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for a sprint.

How many points are left in the 2026 F1 season?

After round 19 of 23, one driver can still score 100 points and one team 172 points.

When is an F1 title mathematically decided?

When the leader is ahead by more than the most any rival can still score in the races left. A tie on points goes to countback, so a lead equal to the points remaining is not enough.

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F1 Championship Calculator 2026

After round 19 of 234 races left100 points still on offer to each driver

Max Verstappen finishes runner-up, 54 points ahead of Hamilton

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is already the 2026 champion

Constructors: Mercedes by 122, sealed at the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Projected drivers’ standings

1AntonelliMercedes · Champion+72452
2VerstappenRed Bull+100361
3HamiltonFerrari+48307
41LeclercFerrari+60305
51RussellMercedes+32282
6NorrisMcLaren+40261
7PiastriMcLaren144
8HadjarRed Bull107
9LawsonRed Bull83
10GaslyAlpine F1 Team42

Your results

Starts from current form. Pick any finish; taking a position swaps it with whoever held it. Only drivers on the board score in the races left.

Brazilian GPR20 · 8 Nov

Antonelli

Verstappen

Hamilton

Russell

Leclerc

Norris

Las Vegas GPR21 · 22 Nov

Antonelli

Verstappen

Hamilton

Russell

Leclerc

Norris

Qatar GPR22 · 29 Nov

Antonelli

Verstappen

Hamilton

Russell

Leclerc

Norris

Abu Dhabi GPR23 · 6 Dec

Antonelli

Verstappen

Hamilton

Russell

Leclerc

Norris

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How the calculator works

The points so far are the official 2026 standings. Your picks for the races left are added with today’s system: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for a Grand Prix and 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for a sprint. A title is sealed once the leader is ahead by more than anyone can still score, which is 100 points per driver with 4 races left.

The older systems re-score every 2026 Grand Prix from its classified finishing order: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 (2003–09), 10-6-4-3-2-1 (1991–2002) and 8-6-4-3-2 (the 1950s). Sprints didn’t exist then, so they score nothing, and every round counts: the dropped scores those eras used are not applied.