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Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings after 2018 United States Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland driving the (7) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field into turn one at the start during the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 21, 2018 in Austin, United States. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland driving the (7) Scuderia Ferrari SF71H leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes WO9 and the rest of the field into turn one at the start during the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 21, 2018 in Austin, United States. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 21: Second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates with race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Ferrari (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 21: Second placed Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates with race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Ferrari (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /

With three races remaining in the 2018 Formula 1 season following the United States Grand Prix, where do each of the sport’s 20 drivers rank against one another?

Scuderia Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen ended what was a 111-race win drought by winning the 18th race of the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 season, the United States Grand Prix, at Circuit of the Americas.

By winning the 56-lap race around the 20-turn, 3.427-mile (5.513-kilometer) Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the 39-year-old Finn became the fifth different driver to win a race so far this season.

Raikkonen’s teammate Sebastian Vettel is one of the other four drivers who have earned at least one victory so far in 2018. The other three are Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.

How did the action from Circuit of the Americas affect the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings following Raikkonen’s first victory in more than five and a half years.

Non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Lewis Hamilton – #44, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [1st (0)]
2nd – Sebastian Vettel – #5, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Kimi Raikkonen – #7, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [5th (+2)]
4th – Max Verstappen – #33, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault – [4th (0)]
5th – Valtteri Bottas – #77, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Daniel Ricciardo – #3, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault – [6th (0)]
7th – Nico Hulkenberg – #27, Renault Sport, Renault – [12th (+5)]
8th – Sergio Perez – #11, Racing Point Force India, Mercedes – [7th (-1)]
9th – Carlos Sainz Jr. – #55, Renault Sport, Renault – [9th (0)]
10th – Esteban Ocon – #31, Racing Point Force India, Mercedes – [8th (-2)]
11th – Kevin Magnussen – #20, Haas, Ferrari – [13th (+2)]
12th – Fernando Alonso – #14, McLaren, Renault – [11th (-1)]
13th – Romain Grosjean – #8, Haas, Ferrari – [10th (-3)]
14th – Pierre Gasly – #10, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [14th (0)]
15th – Charles Leclerc – #16, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari – [15th (0)]
16th – Marcus Ericsson – #9, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari – [16th (0)]
17th – Stoffel Vandoorne – #2, McLaren, Renault – [17th (0)]
18th – Brendon Hartley – #28, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [19th (+1)]
19th – Lance Stroll – #18, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes – [18th (-1)]
20th – Sergey Sirotkin – #35, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes – [20th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Nico Hulkenberg (+5)
Down: Romain Grosjean (-3)

Here are the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings with 18 of the 2018 season’s 21 races having been completed. To see how the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.

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