F1 2026 Split Grid

F1 is better
when the whole
grid matters

One race. Two teams. Three championships. Only 10 cars score points in a Grand Prix, leaving most of the field with another zero. We split the grid and score each class separately, giving you a front-runner and a midfield team to get behind.

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How Split Grid works

Same race. Multiple title fights.

  1. 01

    Split the grid

    The whole field, the four front-running teams, and the seven midfield teams.

  2. 02

    Score it again

    The real finishing order with a new points table - each class scored against itself.

  3. 03

    Tell them apart

    A midfield car leaves a race with nothing 78% of the time. Scored against its own class that falls to 33%, so the order between them finally means something.

Belgian GP Midfield re-scored Same race. Different story.

Bortoleto Overall P8 4 pts Midfield P1Win 25 pts
Gasly Overall P11 0 pts Midfield P4 12 pts

Remove the front runners. Keep the real finishing order. Score the midfield again.

The grid

The three classes

Teams are fixed for the season. A driver who changes team changes class with them.

  • Official 11 teams · 22 cars Mercedes · Ferrari · Red Bull Racing · McLaren · Haas · Racing Bulls · Audi · Alpine · Williams · Cadillac · Aston Martin
  • Front Runner Class 4 teams · 8 cars Mercedes · Ferrari · Red Bull Racing · McLaren
  • Midfield Class 7 teams · 14 cars Haas · Racing Bulls · Audi · Alpine · Williams · Cadillac · Aston Martin

Is any of this made up?

Other than the grid splits, no. The Official class is the same code run over all 22 cars, and it reproduces Formula One’s own points for every result of the season, exactly. That is checked by a test on every change, which is what makes the other two classes worth reading: they are the same arithmetic on a smaller field.