Lewis Hamilton’s second place in Canada nudged him ahead of Charles Leclerc in the consistency table, flipping Ferrari’s internal order by the smallest possible margin. Up front, Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s 1.20 mean finish continues to set a pace nobody else is close to matching.
By Nadia Okafor
The Canadian Grand Prix delivered only a single-position swing in the “Most consistent drivers” ranking, but it was a meaningful one inside Ferrari: Lewis Hamilton rose from fifth to fourth with a 4.20 mean finishing position (classified races only), while Charles Leclerc slipped from fourth to fifth on 4.40. With ties broken on season points and then alphabetically, this wasn’t a procedural quirk — it was the cumulative effect of Hamilton’s steadier run through the opening five rounds now outweighing Leclerc’s.
Canada itself underlined the contrast. Hamilton converted fifth on the grid into second at the flag, banking 18 points over 68 laps, while Leclerc climbed from eighth to fourth for 12 points, also finishing all 68 laps. Both results were solid, but in a metric that ignores DNFs entirely and rewards repeatable classified finishes, Hamilton’s 4.20 versus Leclerc’s 4.40 shows how small differences in typical finish can still reshape the order when the field is tightly bunched.
The bigger story remains at the front, where the top three didn’t change and the streak continues: Antonelli leads the ranking on 1.20, ahead of Mercedes team-mate George Russell on 2.75 and Lando Norris on 4.00. Antonelli’s Montreal win — from second on the grid to first, for 25 points — reinforced how difficult it is for anyone to make inroads when the benchmark is effectively set by near-perfect classified results.
| Driver | Team | Before | After | Δ | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4.20 |
| Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4.40 |
Hamilton and Leclerc are now separated by just 0.20 on mean classified finish (4.20 vs 4.40), so Ferrari’s intra-team consistency battle is set by fine margins rather than big swings. At the top, Antonelli’s 1.20 — with Russell next on 2.75 — means the lead is being consolidated even when the rest of the order shuffles behind.