Our driver ratings always provide plenty of discussion (or arguments) it's no different in 2024...
PlanetF1.com’s driver ratings are a key element of our post-race coverage, and whether you agree or not with our scores we are keeping track of each driver’s average rating in F1 2024.
As a result, this is forming our ‘power rankings’ for the season as a whole, so a good race for any driver can push them up and a bad race can push them down. Come season’s end, we’ll have a full table for you to look through – and it may not reflect the outright World Championship order.First, a bit of housekeeping.
We’ll just be looking at full-time drivers to avoid skewing the ratings, so with apologies to Oliver Bearman after his sterling 9 in Saudi Arabia, he’ll not be counted towards the overall average unless he earns a permanent seat later this season. We will be updating these rankings as the year progresses, with our scores reflective of the drivers’ averages in our driver ratings all season.A flying start to the year for Carlos Sainz. Even though he has had appendicitis to deal with in between, he has barely put a wheel wrong so far, putting him at the top of our average ratings – albeit with a small sample size.Unsurprisingly as World Championship leader, and with an average of 9.
Having outqualified and outraced team-mate Hamilton at every opportunity so far in 2023, his late crash in Australia – and subsequent– has proven costly for now. It is probably a harsh reflection on how well he has driven, but there’s a long way to go in the season yet for this rating to climb again.Has been steady enough by Gasly’s standards so far this season, but the Alpine underneath him has not been a race winner by any means and he will hope to see his machinery improve soon.
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