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Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings after 2018 Belgian Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

SPA, BELGIUM - AUGUST 26: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H battle for position at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 26, 2018 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
SPA, BELGIUM - AUGUST 26: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H battle for position at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 26, 2018 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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SPA, BELGIUM – AUGUST 26: Top three finisher Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images)
SPA, BELGIUM – AUGUST 26: Top three finisher Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images) /

Conclusion

As expected, the most notable change in the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings involved Ferrari teammates Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.

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Following the Hungarian Grand Prix, Raikkonen passed Vettel for the second position in the formulated set of rankings despite the fact that Vettel finished that race in second place and Raikkonen finished it in third as well as the at fact that Vettel had earned four victories up to that point in the season, whereas Raikkonen was still searching for his first win since the 2013 season.

This took pace as a result of the fact that Raikkonen’s average finish in the last five races dropped by 0.6 (from 3.4 to 2.8) while Vettel’s moved up by 0.2 (from 5.6 to 5.8) since Raikkonen’s third place finish replaced his sixth place finish in the Canadian Grand Prix in the calculation for his average finish in the last five races and Vettel’s second place finish replaced his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix in the calculation for his average finish in the last five races.

But Raikkonen’s 17th place finish in the Belgian Grand Prix has now replaced his third place finish in the French Grand Prix in the calculation for his average finish in the last five races and Vettel’s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix has now replaced his fifth place finish in the French Grand Prix in the calculation for his average finish in the last five races.

As a result, Raikkonen’s average finish in the last five races increased by 2.8 (from 2.8 to 5.6) and Vettel’s decreased by 0.8 (from 5.8 to 5.0), allowing Vettel to retake the second position from Raikkonen in the formulated set of rankings.

Both drivers still trail Lewis Hamilton, whose average overall finish of 3.23 and whose average finish in the last five races of 4.40 are the lowest among all drivers.

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Formula 1 returns to action on Sunday, September 2 with the Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy. This race is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 starting at 9:10 a.m. ET.

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