The F1 Barometer after the Monaco GP
After every Grand Prix, Motorsinside.com offers you an update on the current form of drivers and teams with our consistency ranking. At the end of each race, classified drivers receive points ranging from 24 (for the first) to 1 (for the last), which contributes to a consistency ranking that you can find in our section 'Rankings'.
Who would be leading the championship if only the last four Grand Prix counted?
Sebastian Vettel remains the insatiable leader of our barometer with 95 points scored out of a possible 96 between the Chinese GP and the Monaco GP. Behind him, Webber is no longer the sole runner-up to his teammate. Although the Australian did better than Lewis Hamilton in the principality, he is equal to him over the last four races, with Hamilton still benefiting from the victory in China. Behind, the ranking remains unchanged up to Nick Heidfeld’s seventh place, except that Alonso is approaching just one point behind Jenson Button’s fourth place.
Kobayashi gains a place at the expense of Michael Schumacher who, after his Monaco retirement, falls to 11th place. Buemi also progresses from 12th to 9th place thanks to his consistency over the last four races, while Sutil enters the standings directly in 10th place, primarily due to his strong finish in the Monaco Grand Prix.
Eleventh after the Spanish Grand Prix, Felipe Massa confirms his descent in the rankings as the Sao Paulo native drops to 16th place, largely due to his retirement today. The late-race retirement costs Vitaly Petrov dearly: the Russian would be 12th in our barometer over the past four races.
On the constructor side, the hierarchy remains unchanged since the Spanish Grand Prix, although it should be noted that there has been a narrowing, with Mercedes and Ferrari paying dearly for the respective retirements of Schumacher and Massa, thereby leaving more points to the mid-field teams.
See you in two weeks, after the Canadian Grand Prix, to see how the standings have changed.
