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Formula 1: Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 15: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of China at Shanghai International Circuit on April 15, 2018 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 15: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of China at Shanghai International Circuit on April 15, 2018 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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SHANGHAI, CHINA – APRIL 15: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
SHANGHAI, CHINA – APRIL 15: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /

The third of 21 races in the 2018 Formula 1 season is in the books. How do the driver power rankings look after the Chinese Grand Prix?

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo won the third race of the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 season, the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix at the 16-turn, 5.451-kilometer (3.388-mile) Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading, Shanghai, China.

In doing so, the 28-year-old earned his sixth career Formula 1 victory and became the second different winner through three races so far this season after Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won the first two races of the season, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Three races into the 2018 season, Vettel has two wins, Ricciardo has the most recent win, and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, Vettel’s teammate Kimi Raikkonen and Ricciardo’s teammate Max Verstappen have still not yet won a race.

In fact, for the first time since the V6 turbo hybrid era began in the 2014 season, Mercedes’ two drivers have gone three straight races without winning a race, and they have do so in the three-race stint to start off the 2018 season.

How has everything that has happened up until this point in the 2018 Formula 1 season affected the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings?

Here are the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings and the non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings after the third of 21 races in the 2018 season, the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix.

To see how the formulated rankings are calculated, click here.

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