Formula One: Final 2017 Driver Power Rankings: Lewis Hamilton finishes on top

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 26: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 and the rest of the field into turn one at the start during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit on November 26, 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 26: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 and the rest of the field into turn one at the start during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit on November 26, 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 25: Romain Grosjean of France driving the (8) Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17 Ferrari (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 25: Romain Grosjean of France driving the (8) Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17 Ferrari (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /

#16 through #13

Mercedes. LANCE STROLL. #16. [Last Race: 13th (-3)] — For the second straight race to close out the 2017 Formula One season, Lance Stroll finished in the lowest position among drivers who were not forced to retire. He drops in these rankings because of his poor finish to the season.. Williams

#15. [Last Race: 15th (-)] — Kevin Magnussen finished outside of the top 10 in two straight races to end the season after not finishing outside the top 10 in consecutive races during the previous four-race stint. His 2017 Formula One season could have been better.. Haas. Ferrari. KEVIN MAGNUSSEN

McLaren. Honda. STOFFEL VANDOORNE. #14. [Last Race: 16th (+2)] — Stoffel Vandoorne didn’t finish the 2017 Formula One season on a particularly high note, but he was solid by his standards. He finished six of the final seven races of the season, doing so in a career-high 7th place twice and in 12th place three times.

[Last Race: 14th (+1)] — Prior to the final four races of the 2017 Formula One season, Romain Grosjean had not finished outside of the top 10 in three straight races, yet he ended the season with four consecutive finishes outside of the top 10. However, his 11th place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the season finale, was his highest result in the last four races of the year.. Haas. Ferrari. ROMAIN GROSJEAN. #13