F1 Laps in the Top 10 by Driver

About this chart

What it shows. How many laps each driver spent inside the top ten during a race, which under today's scoring are the points-paying positions. It rewards running in the points for most of the race, not just the final position.

How to read it. Each bar is one driver, labelled by surname, with the most laps in the top ten at the top. The bar length and the number at its end are the count of laps the driver completed in tenth place or higher. Colours are team colours. A driver who never ran in the top ten has no bar.

What to look for. A driver with nearly every lap in the top ten but no points probably lost out late, through a late stop, a penalty or a retirement. A driver who scored but shows few laps came through at the end, often on fresher tyres. Comparing team-mates shows who carried the team's points hopes for longer.

Data and caveats. End-of-lap positions from the Ergast-format race data published by TracingInsights. A position during a pit-stop cycle counts like any other, so a driver can briefly appear in the top ten only because others have pitted. Drivers are grouped by surname, so two drivers sharing a surname in the same race would be combined.