Isack Hadjar was the biggest mover in the top-10-finish consistency table after Austria, jumping from 10th to 8th on three top-10s. Up front, Lewis Hamilton’s run to eight top-10s in eight races remains the benchmark after a fifth-place finish at the Red Bull Ring.
By Julian Reyes
Isack Hadjar produced the weekend’s most meaningful swing in the ‘Most top-10 finishes’ ranking, climbing two spots from 10th to 8th after turning an eighth-place grid slot into sixth at the Austrian Grand Prix. That result took the Red Bull driver to three top-10 finishes for the season so far, and in a reliability-and-consistency metric that only rewards classified top-10s, it’s the kind of single-step progress that can rapidly change a driver’s comparative position early in the year.
At the top, the story is less about movement and more about momentum. Lewis Hamilton remains the clear leader with eight top-10 finishes from eight starts, adding a fifth place in Spielberg from third on the grid. With the top three unchanged, the pressure point is behind him: Andrea Kimi Antonelli sits second on seven, while George Russell is third on six, which underlines how narrow the margins are once you’re not perfect.
That squeeze is visible inside teams too. Max Verstappen moved up from fifth to fourth on six top-10s, while Charles Leclerc slipped from fourth to fifth despite also sitting on six after finishing eighth from second on the grid in Austria — a reminder that this table can hinge on tie-breaks once drivers share the same raw count. And the McLaren comparison tightened as Oscar Piastri rose from seventh to sixth on five top-10s, while Lando Norris fell from sixth to seventh with the same five, keeping their consistency battle firmly in the small details.
| Driver | Team | Before | After | Δ | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 |
| Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
Hamilton’s 8-from-8 streak keeps the consistency lead intact, but the chase pack is compressed: Antonelli is one back on 7 and Russell sits on 6. With Verstappen and Leclerc both on 6 and Piastri and Norris both on 5, the next clean top-10s — and any tie-break swings — can reshuffle the order quickly.