How group bosses, drivers, Motorsport and followers ranked the highest 10 F1 drivers from 2025

has emerged as the very best Method 1 driver from the 2025 season, in response to group principals, drivers themselves, in addition to Motorsport, Autosport and their readers.

All present group bosses and racers have been requested by F1 to submit their high 10s, making use of the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 factors system to create separate standings. No consultant from Crimson Bull and took half within the vote, with , ,  and additionally skipping it.

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Motorsport’s sister publication Autosport and its F1 writers Stuart Codling and Jake Boxall-Legge established our personal rating, whereas Autosport readers’ race-by-race common scores have been aggregated right into a high 10.

In all 4 cases, Verstappen was positioned on the high, however behind him it was fairly tight between , , and . The brand new world champion was barely extra profitable than Mercedes’ lead driver, his team-mate, and Ferrari’s high performer.

These 5 have been extensively thought-about as the very best 5 drivers of the season, although group principals ranked Leclerc decrease than and  on common. The Spaniards have been a part of quite a few midfield contenders for the highest six, the place Hulkenberg featured twice too;  was the one midfielder to be included in all high 10s.

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Hamilton, , , Stroll, Tsunoda and didn’t characteristic in any high 10 – as did part-timers and .

High 10 2025 F1 drivers

1st

Verstappen

Verstappen

Verstappen

Verstappen

2nd

Norris

Norris

Russell

Piastri

third

Piastri

Russell

Leclerc

Norris

4th

Russell

Piastri

Norris

Leclerc

fifth

Alonso

Leclerc

Piastri

Russell

sixth

Sainz

Sainz

Hulkenberg

Hulkenberg

seventh

Leclerc

Alonso

Antonelli

eighth

Hadjar

Hadjar

ninth

Hadjar

Bearman

Antonelli

Albon

tenth

Hulkenberg

Hadjar

Sainz

Bearman

Making use of the present factors system when aggregating these 4 rankings, one can then have a look at a world high 10 inclusive of group bosses, drivers, journalists and followers alike.

1st

Verstappen

25

25

25

25

100

2nd

Norris

18

18

12

15

63

third=

Russell

12

15

18

10

55

third=

Piastri

15

12

10

18

55

fifth

Leclerc

6

10

15

12

43

sixth=

Hulkenberg

1

 

8

8

17

sixth=

Sainz

8

8

1

 

17

eighth

Alonso

10

6

 

 

16

ninth

Hadjar

2

1

4

4

11

tenth

Antonelli

 

 

2

6

8

eleventh

Bearman

4

2

 

1

7

twelfth=

Gasly

 

 

6

 

6

twelfth=

Albon

 

4

 

2

6

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