Round 4 in Miami nudged both Ferrari drivers down the 2026 “Most consistent drivers” ranking, with Charles Leclerc falling to fourth and Lewis Hamilton to fifth. Up front, Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s 1.25 mean finish continues to set an early-season standard.
By Diego Torres
Ferrari took the only meaningful hit in the “Most consistent drivers” table after the Miami Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both slipped one place, turning what had been a top-four foothold into a small but telling loss of ground. Leclerc dropped from third to fourth on a 4.50 mean finish, while Hamilton went from fourth to fifth with 4.75 — a paired setback that matters in a metric built to reward clean, classified Sundays rather than headline peaks.
Leclerc’s Miami result underlines how quickly this ranking can swing even without DNFs factoring in. Starting third and finishing eighth at the Miami International Autodrome, he banked 4 points but paid for it in average finishing position, ceding third in the consistency order. With ties broken on season points, the consequence is that one lower classified finish can be enough to reorder the top end when margins are this tight.
At the front, there was no such wobble: Antonelli remains the benchmark at 1.25 after taking pole and winning in Miami, a level of week-to-week execution that currently keeps team-mate George Russell (2.75) and Lando Norris (4.00) at arm’s length. The broader top-10 picture also shifted, with Norris sitting third and Max Verstappen now sixth on 6.33, a reminder that early-season “consistency” is already becoming a separate battleground from raw points momentum.
| Driver | Team | Before | After | Δ | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4.50 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4.75 |
With four races completed, Antonelli’s 1.25 average is creating early separation at the very top, while Ferrari’s double drop shows how a single classified result can reshape the order behind. The fight from Norris on 4.00 through Leclerc on 4.50 to Hamilton on 4.75 is close enough that another modest swing in finishing positions can quickly rewrite the podium of this ranking.