Alexander Albon’s single point from 15th on the grid was enough to trigger the biggest ranking swing after the Miami GP. It came as Max Verstappen’s 12-point benchmark at the top remained untouched after four rounds.
By Elena Marsh
The most meaningful change in the ‘Points from outside the top 10’ ranking after Miami came from Alexander Albon: starting 15th and finishing 10th to score 1 point, he climbed from 10th to seventh. That’s a five-place gain on the road translated into a three-place jump on the table — and, in a ranking defined by salvaging points from bad grid slots, it’s exactly the kind of conversion that can reshape the midfield order even with the smallest scoreline.
It also underlined how stable the top of this list is right now. Max Verstappen still leads on 12 and Miami didn’t change that picture: he started second and finished fifth for 10 points, which doesn’t count for this ranking’s methodology because it only includes races where the driver starts 11th or lower (or from the pit lane). That leaves Liam Lawson (8) and Oliver Bearman (6) still forming the same top three, with no movement at the front despite four races being completed.
The other side of Miami’s story was how quickly a poor Sunday can erase position in a tightly-packed group. Esteban Ocon, who started 14th and ended 13th (lapped, 0 points), fell from sixth to eighth while staying on 1 overall in this metric — evidence of others adding to their totals rather than Ocon losing any. Gabriel Bortoleto’s drop was harsher: from ninth to 11th on 0, and he also became the notable top-10 exit, while Isack Hadjar’s presence at 10th with 0 highlights how the cutoff is now being defined by who has simply managed to score anything from these compromised starts.
| Driver | Team | Before | After | Δ | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Albon | Williams | 10 | 7 | +3 | 1 |
| Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 6 | 8 | -2 | 1 |
| Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 9 | 11 | -2 | 0 |
With Verstappen still leading on 12 and the top three unchanged, the immediate fight is behind them: Albon’s move to seventh on 1 and Ocon’s fall to eighth show how a single point from a start outside the top 10 can decide multiple places — while drivers stuck on 0, like Bortoleto, are at constant risk of being pushed out of the top 10 altogether.