F1 Power Rankings: Lewis Hamilton back in top spot as perfect race win rewarded

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton back in top spot as perfect F1 race win rewarded

Lewis is back in P1 again

Graham Shaw Consultant Editor

Digital sports specialist running global brands for 30 years

Saturday 20 June 2026 12:00

It's been a while, but Lewis Hamilton is firmly back on top of the world after that Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

Not only did Hamilton end a 686-day wait for another race victory, the 41-year-old also catapulted to the top of F1's official Power Rankings.

It was a spectacular day in Barcelona for the seven-time world champion as he showed that he is truly back in 2026 by claiming his first victory for Ferrari.

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The Scuderia turned up in Spain with a car ready to challenge Mercedes and a driver fully returned to his former glories after a miserable first year in Italy in 2025.

Hamilton repelled the challenges of Mercedes pair George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to win comfortably, a shocking development after the Silver Arrows had dominated the first six races of the new season.

Hamilton tops F1 Power Rankings

It was not just F1 fans worldwide gushing about the rejuvenated Hamilton's super show, it was the official Power Ranking judges too. The five-strong panel awarded Lewis a perfect 10 score for his first ever victory in red.

After Hamilton we had four drivers all tied for second spot with an 8.3 score in the rankings for Barcelona - Mercedes pair Russell and Antonelli, third-place finisher Lando Norris (McLaren) and Alpine's in-form Pierre Gasly.

Hamilton put Antonelli in the shade in Barcelona.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen (8.0) was next after his fourth-place finish for Red Bull, with the top 10 being completed by Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson, Audi's Nico Hulkenberg, Alpine's Franco Colapinto and Lawson's team-mate Arvid Lindblad.

The full table of scores looked like this once all judges ratings were in:

Pos	Driver	Team	Score
1	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	10.0
2=	George Russell	Mercedes	8.3
2=	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	8.3
2=	Lando Norris	McLaren	8.3
2=	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	8.3
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8.0
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	7.8
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	7.3
9	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	7.0
10	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	6.8

Hamilton win means we could have an F1 title race

Events in Barcelona also breathed new life into the actual F1 title race, with Hamilton's win and Antonelli's DNF closing the gap at the top of the table to 41 points.

The full Drivers' standings heading to next weekend's Austrian Grand Prix are as follows:

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	156
2	Lewis Hamilton	Scuderia Ferrari HP	115
3	George Russell	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	106
4	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	75
5	Lando Norris	McLaren Mastercard F1 Team	73
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mastercard F1 Team	68
7	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	55
8	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine F1 Team	41
9	Isack Hadjar	Oracle Red Bull Racing	34
10	Liam Lawson	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	28
11	Oliver Bearman	TGR Haas F1 Team	18
12	Franco Colapinto	BWT Alpine F1 Team	16
13	Arvid Lindblad	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	13
14	Carlos Sainz	Atlassian Williams F1 Team	6
15	Alex Albon	Atlassian Williams F1 Team	5
16	Esteban Ocon	TGR Haas F1 Team	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi Revolut F1 Team	2
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac F1 Team	0
20	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi Revolut F1 Team	0
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	0
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	0

Written by

Graham Shaw - Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

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