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Grill the Grid 2026 Standings
The full final leaderboard from F1’s driver quiz series — every driver, every episode, and where each one sits in the real championship.
Final standings4 episodes · Season ended Aug 20, 2026
Who won Grill the Grid 2026?
Grill the Grid 2026 leaderboard
All 21 drivers who took part, ranked by total points across 4 episodes.
| # | Driver | Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Pts | Real F1 standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar PiastriChampion McLaren | 22 | 35 | 22 | 48 | 127 | P7 |
| 2 | Red Bull | 16 | 24 | 20 | 63 | 123 | P8 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 16 | 26 | 16 | 62 | 120 | P1 |
| 4 | Red Bull | 21 | 28 | 22 | 47 | 118 | P6 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 22 | 27 | 17 | 47 | 113 | P2 |
| 6 | Haas F1 Team | 16 | 27 | 22 | 46 | 111 | P13 |
| 6 | Alpine F1 Team | 18 | 36 | 11 | 46 | 111 | P10 |
| 8 | Williams | 20 | 28 | 15 | 44 | 107 | P17 |
| 8 | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | 24 | 22 | 44 | 107 | P12 |
| 10 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 48 | 106 | P14 | |
| 11 | RB F1 Team | 15 | 30 | 14 | 41 | 100 | P9 |
| 12 | Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls | 12 | 21 | 15 | 48 | 96 | — |
| 13 | Ferrari | 15 | 23 | 16 | 35 | 89 | P5 |
| 14 | McLaren | 12 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 88 | P4 |
| 14 | Williams | 18 | 17 | 11 | 42 | 88 | P16 |
| 16 | Audi | 17 | 19 | 10 | 37 | 83 | P15 |
| 17 | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 19 | 10 | 37 | 81 | P18 |
| 18 | Cadillac F1 Team | 19 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 79 | P23 |
| 19 | Cadillac F1 Team | 11 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 73 | P22 |
| 20 | Ferrari | 12 | 8 | 18 | — | 38 | P3 |
| 21 | Aston Martin | 14 | — | 17 | — | 31 | P19 |
Points are Formula 1’s own scores from each episode; positions are as F1 published them, so tied drivers share a position. A dash means no score was published for that driver in that episode.
Real F1 standing is where each driver sits in the actual 2026 Drivers’ Championship after Round 13, the Italian Grand Prix. Live standings
Compiled from Formula 1 — Grill the Grid 2026, Episode 4 (season finale) and Wikipedia — Grill the Grid. Last checked Sep 9, 2026.
Episode by episode
One challenge per episode, the whole grid taking it on. Top score is the best single result in that episode.
Episode 1 · Jul 30, 2026
Guess the Driver by Team Career
Top score: Piastri & Russell · 22 pts
Watch on Formula1.comEpisode 2 · Aug 6, 2026
The 0–99 Challenge
Top score: Gasly · 36 pts
Watch on Formula1.comEpisode 3 · Aug 13, 2026
Driver Puzzle
Top score: Piastri, Verstappen, Bearman & Colapinto · 22 pts
Watch on Formula1.comEpisode 4 · Aug 20, 2026
Champions Challenge
Top score: Hadjar · 63 pts
Watch on Formula1.com
What is Grill the Grid?
Grill the Grid is Formula 1’s own quiz series, published on F1’s YouTube channel and social media each season since 2016. In every episode the whole grid faces the same challenge — naming world champions in reverse order, identifying drivers from their team history, spotting mistakes in doctored photos — usually against the clock.
F1 scores each episode and adds the points up across the season. Whoever has the most when the final episode airs is crowned Grill the Grid champion. F1 publishes the scores in the videos and on social media but doesn’t keep a standings page, so Grid Guy keeps the full table here.
Grill the Grid champions, 2021–2026
Who has won it, season by season.
| Season | Champion | Pts | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oscar Piastri McLaren · 4 episodes | 127 | Isack Hadjar (123) |
| 2025 | Oscar Piastri McLaren · 4 episodes | 91 | Oliver Bearman (83) |
| 2024 | Oscar Piastri McLaren · 6 episodes | 93 | Max Verstappen |
| 2023 | Carlos Sainz Ferrari · 6 episodes | — | — |
| 2022 | Charles Leclerc Ferrari · 4 episodes | — | Daniel Ricciardo |
| 2021 | Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin | — | — |
Grill the Grid has run since 2016. This table covers the seasons verified against Formula 1’s published results; earlier winners will be added once confirmed. Points and runner-up appear where F1 published them.
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Now the real thing
- 2026 F1 Driver StandingsThe actual championship — live, race by race
- Oscar Piastri1st in Grill the Grid · P7 in the real championship
- Isack Hadjar2nd in Grill the Grid · P8 in the real championship
- Kimi Antonelli3rd in Grill the Grid · P1 in the real championship
- 2026 F1 GridEvery driver and team on this year’s grid
- F1 Points SystemHow the real championship is scored
See how these drivers are doing where it counts
Live 2026 F1 standings, race by race.
Open the Live F1 StandingsGrill the Grid is a Formula 1 series; episode names and scores are Formula 1’s. Grid Guy is an independent fan site and is not affiliated with Formula 1.