Overview

  • 2025 F1 Driver Ratings

    2025 F1 Driver Ratings

    2025 delivered an ultra-close championship fight to the last race, and yet, noboby seriously questioned at any point who the best driver was. A new champion was crowned, ending both 16 years of McLaren drought and 16 years of the same 2 teams employing the WDC. However, 2025 also offered some interesting new teammate pairings Read more

  • 2025 Mid-Season F1 Driver Ratings

    2025 Mid-Season F1 Driver Ratings

    Summer break means time to look at how the model’s driver ratings are shaping up. 2025 has so far not delivered what the second half of 2024 promised. McLaren have been dominant with little chance of anyone else getting involved in the fight. However, 2025 offers some interesting new teammate pairings. The mathematical model seeks Read more

  • 2009-2013 F1 Driver Ratings

    2009-2013 F1 Driver Ratings

    The “Something, Something… Diffuser” Era started with fairytales, and ended in frustrating domination. The era saw the most prescriptive set of regulations yet, and was marked by teams trying to exploit the diffuser to its fullest through ingenuity and loopholes. In a rare instance, the widely agreed best driver of the era didn’t win a Read more

  • 2024 F1 Driver Ratings

    2024 F1 Driver Ratings

    While the 2024 Formula 1 season started like 2023 ended, it quickly developed into one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory on a race to race basis. 4 constructors won at least 4 races each, with 7 different drivers taking the top step, and the drivers champion drove for third place in the Read more

  • 2014-2016 F1 Driver Ratings

    2014-2016 F1 Driver Ratings

    The “Silver Wars” Era was completely dominated by Mercedes and their all-conquering hybrid engine. The two best drivers couldn’t have been in more opposite situations, contributing to the dullness, and so it was Mercedes vs. Mercedes for the championships. The mathematical model seeks to eliminate the factor car by only measuring drivers against their teammates. Read more

  • 2024 Mid-Season F1 Driver Ratings

    2024 Mid-Season F1 Driver Ratings

    While the 2024 Formula 1 season started like 2023 ended, it quickly developed into one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory on a race to race basis. 14 rounds in, we just passed the halfway mark, after what was not too long ago almost a full season of Grand Prix. Here is a Read more