
Once the 2025 season Formula 1rookies and fools debate who were the best drivers throughout the 24 races. Although Lando Norris has been proclaimed world champion, the consensus is that Max Verstappen had a higher levelsomething that the five “experts” selected by the category to rate athletes agree on, and that They appreciated Fernando Alonso’s campaign but forgot that of Carlos Sainz.
Each grand prix weekend, the Gran Circo publishes on social networks a ranking of the ten best drivers of the event, according to the opinions of five people whose identities are unknown. With the average of their scores, from 0 to 10, the final position in each event is determined, and each of them has equal weight for the final end-of-year ranking.
With an 8.6, Max Verstappen was voted best driver of the yearfollowed by his rivals for the title: Lando Norris finishes second with an 8.2 ahead of Oscar Piastri, with a nailed 8. Charles Leclerc and George Russell share fourth position, both with a 7.7.
Three drivers share sixth place with an average of 7.1. Isack Hadjar, Alex Albon and Fernando Alonso They were the most striking of the year in the middle zone of the grid. Just behind are Ollie Bearman, with a 7.0, and Nico Hülkenberg, with a 6.9.
The judges of this particular ranking They therefore leave Carlos Sainz out of the top 10even if his two podiums with Williams constitute the team’s best result since the four achieved by Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas in 2015.