Arvid Lindblad’s 6-point surge from 15th on the grid to seventh vaulted him from 10th to fourth in the “points from outside the top 10” table after Monaco. Up front, Liam Lawson kept the lead on 14, but the gaps behind him tightened.
By Camille Fontaine
Arvid Lindblad produced the round’s defining swing in this ranking by turning a 15th-place start into seventh at Monaco, scoring 6 points and rocketing from 10th to fourth. In a table designed to capture who can rescue weekends from grid positions of 11th or worse, that eight-place gain mattered twice: it added a big chunk to his total and it reshuffled the order around the podium contenders.
The lead itself did not change, but the Monaco numbers clarified the scale of what’s possible when a driver converts a poor grid spot into a points finish. Liam Lawson remains first on 14 after finishing sixth from 10th on the grid for 8 points at the Circuit de Monaco, while Max Verstappen holds second on 12 and Oliver Bearman third on 7. Lindblad’s jump to 6 points now places him within one of Bearman’s total, a reminder that one strong recovery can flip the battle just behind the top three.
Elsewhere, Monaco also showed the downside of a difficult Sunday when you start outside the top 10 and fail to climb. Franco Colapinto finished 14th from 14th and scored 0, slipping from sixth to ninth with just 1 point to his name in this metric. Fernando Alonso moved into the top 10 of the ranking, up from 12th to 10th on 1 point, while Isack Hadjar dropped out of the top 10 entirely, falling from ninth to 11th on 0 — small totals, but meaningful movement in a tightly packed midfield of this specific category.
| Driver | Team | Before | After | Δ | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvid Lindblad | RB F1 Team | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| Franco Colapinto | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1 |
| Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 12 | 10 | +2 | 1 |
With Lawson steady on 14 and Verstappen on 12, the headline battle remains about whether anyone can replicate Monaco-style recoveries often enough to close that gap. Lindblad’s move to 6 tightens the chase for the top three — now just one point behind Bearman’s 7 — while the top-10 cut line looks volatile after Alonso’s entry on 1 and Hadjar’s exit on 0.