Antonelli's 62-point Canada haul was his fourth big score in five races as Russell and Norris retired, punishing premium-heavy fantasy teams again.
Max Verstappen scored 50 fantasy points and Mercedes banked 96 in a chaotic 6-DNF Australian GP opener. Full 2026 F1 Fantasy review and takeaways.
Rookie Arvid Lindblad's 21 points at $6.4M and Isack Hadjar's 23 beat stranded premiums as the 2026 Monaco GP produced 6 DNFs and budget chaos.
Overtakes score 1 fantasy point each — and cheap midfielders rack up the most. We analyzed 3 seasons: Pérez, Bearman and Magnussen lead at 5+ per race.
Set-and-forget teams live and die on consistency. We measured the week-to-week swing of every driver across 3 seasons. Russell and Hamilton are steadiest.
Balanced permanent circuits average 13.2 fantasy pts/race vs 11.1 on street tracks, and 4.38 overtakes vs 3.22. Here's how to rotate picks by track type.
F1 Fantasy points correlate just 0.189 with price changes. Our 2026 data shows ownership momentum, not raw score, predicts the next delta.
Premiums return 0.99 pts/$M vs 0.71 for budget picks across 1,396 driver-race records, and ownership predicts almost nothing. The data, decoded.
We analyzed 1,396 driver-race results: premium drivers returned 0.99 fantasy points per $M vs 0.71 for budget picks. Cheap isn't value — here's the data.
Ownership % predicts fantasy points with a 0.002 correlation — basically zero. The 10–25% owned band is the sweet spot at 15.3 avg pts. Here's the data.
Both qualifying and race results score in F1 Fantasy, but positions gained is the hidden multiplier. We analyzed 3 seasons of quali-to-race swing.
A DNF costs 20 fantasy points. We analyzed 3 seasons — Albon and Bortoleto retired in 1 of every 5 races, while Verstappen and Norris almost never did.
