I got bored and ran the 2026 Formula One grid (Plus 2 wildcards) through 100 Hunger Games simulations to see who would be the ultimate winner (And also predict who will win the 2026 season with 100% total accuracy trust me guys)
Here are the results, ranked least to most deadly driver.
I recorded wins and kills for points, with each kill worth 1 point and each win worth 5. I also recorded season points using the 2025 point allocations where 1st gives 25 points, 2nd 18, 3rd 15, and so on.
Without further ado: The List:
22) Franco Colapinto:
In last place we've got Franco Colapinto. With a measly 67 points, Colapinto only won 2 games and killed 57 times. This means he also ties for last (7th) in total wins and comes last (21st) for kills for an all around underwhelming Hunger Games performance. He did make it to the podium 10 times, however, and did "win" in 1 category. See, sometimes the Hunger Games simulator chooses the action of 'questioning their sanity' and I measured the amount of times this happened to each driver. Colapinto questioned his sanity the least, just twice in 100 games, so points there I guess. He technically came last (11th) on that list, but I'd say that's a good one to be at the bottom of.
21) Charles Leclerc:
He deserves to be this low. I have a vendetta against this man. I'd run 86 rounds and collected so much data and then realized that at some point I'd accidentally deleted some of his data on the spreadsheet and because Excel has a stupid 100 action cap on the undo button I couldn't get it back and had to completely start over in the name of scientific integrity. And from what I can remember he'd been doing really well too, so I guess this is payback. Anyways, rant over, Leclerc finished with 74 points from 3 wins and 59 kills. He sits tied for 6th on the wins ranking and is 19th on the kills ranking. Oh and he made the podium 8 times. But how did he do for sanity? 6th place, questioning himself 7 times. Significantly less than the mental trauma he caused me.
20) Lewis Hamilton:
Hamilton got just 1 point over his teammate, sitting at 75. He also won 3 games, putting him 6th for wins, but got 60 kills, so he sits at 18th on the kills ranking. He got 10 podiums, and to one up Leclerc even more, placed 2nd on the sanity ranking, suffering as he questioned his mental state 11 times over the 100 games.
19) Fernando Alonso
Alonso comes in 19th with 78 points. He won 4 games, tying for 5th on the wins ranking, and got 58 kills, the second lowest on the grid for 20th place on the kills ranking. He also got 10 podiums. Questioning his sanity 5 times leaves him 8th on the sanity ranking.
18) Liam Lawson:
With a total of 83 points, Lawson won 4 times (5th in wins) and had 63 kills (17th in kills). He made the podium 9 times. Over the 100 games, he questioned his sanity 5 times, tying him for 8th on that ranking.
17) Sergio Pérez
This man is one of the biggest victims of the Charles Leclerc data deletion incident because he went from 132 points (9 wins) in those ill-fated 86 games down to just 86 points after the restart. Unfortunately, the restart is what counts, so he lives down in 17th. With 3 wins to place him in 6th on that ranking, and 71 kills for a 15th place on the kills ranking, it looks like Pérez will live close to the bottom. Except on the sanity ranking of course, where he's in 4th place with 9 instances of mental anguish, no doubt all from remembering the 1st place he would've had. He won 12 podiums as well, the highest amount so far.
16) Nico Hülkenberg
Hülkenberg brought home 87 points from 4 game wins (5th) and 67 kills (16th). He made the podium 13 times (Sorry Pérez, that glory was short lived). Hülkenberg finds himself within the 8th place tie on the sanity ranking with 5 instances.
15) Max Verstappen:
In 15th place with 88 points we've got Max Verstappen. He placed 6th for wins with 3, and 14th for kills with 73. 13 podiums, and 10th on the sanity ranking from 3 occurrences rounds out Verstappen's stats.
14) Oliver Bearman:
With a nice round 90 points, Oliver Bearman secured his 14th place spot with 2 wins and 80 kills. 7th on the wins ranking and 10th on the kills ranking, Bearman made the podium 13 times. Questioning his sanity 7 times leaves his final ranking (for now) at 6th on the sanity ranking.
13) George Russell:
George Russell racked up 91 points, from 2 wins (placing him 7th with Bearman among others), and 81 kills (placing him 9th in that category). He won 14 podiums (hey, new high score again). In terms of questioning sanity, he was fairly chill with only 5 moments for a clean place in the 8th tie.
12) Yuki Tsunoda:
Our first wildcard arrives to start the top 12! Tsunoda earned 92 points. He won 3 games (tied for 6th) and got 77 kills (tied for 13th). Tsunoda got to the podium 14 times as well, and landed 6th on the sanity ranking with 7 instances.
11) Gabriel Bortoleto:
With 97 points, Bortoleto won 4 games and racked 77 kills. He sits in the 5th place wins tie with his teammate Hülkenberg, among others, and completes the 13th place kills tie with Tsunoda. Bortoleto reached the podium 12 times. 8 moments of mental questioning makes him our first of 3 to hit 5th place on the sanity ranking.
10) Isack Hadjar:
Hadjar beats the Red Bull second seat curse, coming 5 places ahead of Verstappen at 98 points. He won 4 games (5th), got 78 kills (12th), and made the podium 14 times. He's the only one in the 9th position on the sanity ranking with 4.
9) Lando Norris:
Norris finally brings us into the triple digits with 103 points. He won 4 games to settle in the 5th place wins tie, and got 83 kills to reach 8th in the kills ranking. He won 10 podiums. Norris questioned his sanity 9 times, tying for 4th with Pérez, extremely fitting considering Norris was the other major victim of the Charles Leclerc data deletion incident, though not for this part of the data rankings. See Norris was winning the WDC by a pretty significant margin all things considered before the restart had to happen, and spoiler, as you'll see later he did not recover.
8) Carlos Sainz:
Racking up 104 points through 5 wins and 79 kills, Sainz ties for 4th in wins and places 11th in kills. He won 9 podiums, and placed 6th in the sanity ranking with 7 instances.
7) Esteban Ocon:
Ocon placed 7th with 105 points. He won 4 games (tied for 5th) and had 85 kills (7th place). Ocon podiumed 14 times. He questioned his sanity 5 times to reach the 8th place tie in the sanity ranking.
6) Lance Stroll & Oscar Piastri:
Our first tie of the simulation! Both Stroll and Piastri totalled 108 points. Stroll got there with 2 wins (the final part of the 7th place tie) and 98 kills (the sole 2nd place in that ranking). He made the podium 12 times, and questioned his sanity 8 times (tying him for 5th).
Piastri won 6 games, tying for 3rd with a future driver, and got 78 kills, tying for 12th. He won 20 podiums, blowing that 14 out of the water. He also wins the sanity rankings. Questioning his mental state a whopping 13 times in 100 games to get that sweet, sweet 1st place.
5) Arvid Lindblad:
Lindblad reached 114 points. He won 5 games, tying for 4th with Sainz. 89 kills places him in 5th on the kills ranking. Lindblad podiumed 14 times. He questioned his sanity 6 times, placing him in a tie for 7th on the sanity ranking.
4) Alex Albon:
Albon raked in 115 points. With 4 wins, he's the final part of the 5th place wins tie. While he missed the overall points podium, he gets on the kills podium in 3rd with 95. He won the podium 10 times, and went through it mentally 8 times, completing the 3-way 5th place sanity ranking tie.
3) Valtteri Bottas:
3rd place belongs to Valtteri Bottas, coming in with 118 points. Bottas ties for 1st in wins with 8, but only reaches 12th on the kills ranking with 78. He won 18 podiums. Bottas questioned his sanity 10 times, also placing him 3rd on that ranking.
2) Daniel Ricciardo & Kimi Antonelli:
Our second wildcard comes into the scoreboards for our second tie! Ricciardo and Antonelli each brought in 126 points. Ricciardo won them through 7 game wins, coming 2nd in that ranking as well, and 91 kills, settling for 4th on the kills ranking. He made the podium 11 times (only 1sts and 2nds, he never came 3rd in 100 games somehow).
Antonelli won 8 games, tying with Bottas for 1st. He racked up 86 kills for 6th, and won 18 podiums. Both Ricciardo and Antonelli rank 6th on the sanity ranking with 7.
Pierre Gasly:
Finally, we reach our Hunger Games 100 simulations winner, Pierre Gasly, with 130 points. These points add up from 6 wins (3rd place tie) and a nice, even 100 kills (1st). He won 11 podiums. Gasly only questioned his sanity 6 times, coming 7th in the sanity ranking.
So now comes the question: did the Championship points treat everyone the same way?
It's time for the 100% accurate, totally correct prediction of the 2026 World Driver's Championship and the World Constructor's Championship winners and standings. This is definitely how the season will end up. This completely chance, random data set wouldn't lie. (Wildcards were removed as they aren't on the grid this year).
21) Liam Lawson
20) Franco Colapinto
19) Lewis Hamilton
18) Lando Norris
17) Fernando Alonso
16) Gabriel Bortoleto
15) Carlos Sainz & Charles Leclerc
14) George Russell
13) Max Verstappen
12) Esteban Ocon
11) Alex Albon
10) Arvid Lindblad
9) Lance Stroll
8) Sergio Pérez
7) Nico Hülkenberg
6) Isack Hadjar
5) Oliver Bearman
4) Oscar Piastri
3) Valtteri Bottas
2) Pierre Gasly
1) Kimi Antonelli
And of course for the teams, the equally correct results:
11) Racing Bulls
10) Ferrari
9) Williams
8) Aston Martin
7) Audi
6) Redbull
5) McLaren
4) Alpine
3) Haas
2) Mercedes
1) Cadillac
Thus concludes my data.
Bonus:
Breakdown of game wins and order:















