Round 11 of the 2026 season at the Hungaroring in Budapest reshaped Measure’s weekend storylines across the rankings. Lando Norris surged in Momentum, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli kept a firm hold on the championship lead.
By Nadia Okafor
Measure’s Hungarian Grand Prix weekend overview is defined by contrasting trendlines: stability at the top of the standings, and sharp swings in the performance signals. The headline change is the Momentum ranking, where Lando Norris jumped to P2 on +6.96, while George Russell suffered a major drop to P21 on −5.75.
The weekend also produced notable movement in driver craft-style metrics. Russell climbed to P3 in Most overtakes on 59 (up 5 places), yet simultaneously slid hard in Most positions gained on lap one, dropping 6 places to P21 on −19—making him one of the most visible movers across the site’s post-Hungary updates.
Across the weekend’s linked deep-dives, the headlines point to more shifts: Verstappen is cited as climbing to sixth in the championship ranking article, while Liam Lawson is highlighted for extending his lead in “Points from outside the top 10” with another 11th-to-8th points haul in Hungary.
After Hungary, Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) leads the 2026 drivers’ championship on 219 points. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) holds P2 on 169, with George Russell (Mercedes) P3 on 160.
Behind them, the top five in Measure’s championship table remains unchanged in position: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) is fourth on 138, and Lando Norris (McLaren) is fifth on 128.
The biggest negative mover was George Russell (Mercedes) in the Momentum ranking: down 16 places to P21 with a value of −5.75. Russell also dropped 6 places to P21 in Most positions gained on lap one (−19), underlining a rough weekend in the trend and start-gain signals.
On the positive side, Lando Norris (McLaren) rose 5 places to P2 in the Momentum ranking on +6.96, one of the sharpest upward swings anywhere on the site after Budapest. Liam Lawson (RB F1 Team) also gained ground in Momentum, up 6 places to P8 on +0.50.
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) moved the other way in Momentum, down 7 places to P20 on −4.79. Russell, however, had a counterbalancing climb elsewhere: up 5 places to P3 in Most overtakes, now listed on 59.
Measure has separate post-Hungary updates across the rankings, including Championship ranking, Momentum ranking, Power ranking, and Teammate head-to-head (race and qualifying), plus season-long trackers like Most positions gained/lost, Most top-10 finishes, and Best qualifying average.
Look for the dedicated articles headlined “Leclerc stays clear in the Momentum ranking…”, “Championship ranking after Hungary…”, and “Antonelli’s 1.91 keeps Mercedes on top of F1’s Best qualifying average…”, among others, for the full context behind each movement.
Hungary leaves the title picture steady at the very top—Antonelli still leads, with Hamilton and Russell closest on points—while the secondary indicators are more volatile. Norris’s leap to P2 in Momentum suggests his recent trajectory is strengthening, while Russell’s mixed weekend (big Momentum drop, but a rise in Most overtakes) shows how different rankings can tell different stories at the same time. With multiple deep-dives flagging changes across consistency, qualifying averages, and teammate head-to-head narratives, the next round will be as much about whether these trend shifts persist as it is about the raw points totals.