Two races remain on the 2018 Formula 1 schedule. With the first 19 races of the season in the books, how do the sport’s 20 drivers rank against one another?
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton clinched his fifth career Formula 1 championship in the 19th race of the 21-race 2018 season, the Mexican Grand Prix, but it was Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen who dominated the race en route to securing the victory.
Verstappen’s victory in the the 71-lap race around the 17-turn, 2.674-mile (4.304-kilometer) Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico was his second of the season and the fifth of his Formula 1 career.
By winning this race, Verstappen became the fourth driver to win multiple races this season. The only other three drivers who have done so are Hamilton, who has won nine races so far in 2018, Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who has won five, and Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo, who, like Verstappen, has won two.
Aside of these four drivers, the only driver who has won one race this season is Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who won the United States Grand Prix.
How do the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings look following the action from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez? Here are the non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings after Verstappen’s fifth career victory.
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 – Max Verstappen – #33, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault – [4th (+1)]
4th – Kimi Raikkonen – #7, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [3rd (-1)]
5th – Valtteri Bottas – #77, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [5th (0)]
6th – Daniel Ricciardo – #3, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault – [6th (0)]
7th – Nico Hulkenberg – #27, Renault Sport, Renault – [7th (0)]
8th – Sergio Perez – #11, Racing Point Force India, Mercedes – [8th (0)]
9th – Esteban Ocon – #31, Racing Point Force India, Mercedes – [10th (+1)]
10th – Carlos Sainz Jr. – #55, Renault Sport, Renault – [9th (-1)]
11th – Kevin Magnussen – #20, Haas, Ferrari – [11th (0)]
12th – Fernando Alonso – #14, McLaren, Renault – [12th (0)]
13th – Charles Leclerc – #16, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari – [15th (+2)]
14th – Pierre Gasly – #10, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [14th (0)]
15th – Romain Grosjean – #8, Haas, Ferrari – [13th (-2)]
16th – Stoffel Vandoorne – #2, McLaren, Renault – [17th (+1)]
17th – Marcus Ericsson – #9, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari – [16th (-1)]
18th – Lance Stroll – #18, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes – [19th (+1)]
19th – Brendon Hartley – #28, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [18th (-1)]
20th – Sergey Sirotkin – #35, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes – [20th (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Charles Leclerc (+2)
Down: Romain Grosjean (-2)
Here are the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings with two races remaining on the 2018 schedule. To see how the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.