With the 2019 Formula 1 season scheduled to get underway this weekend, how do the sport’s 20 drivers stack up against one another?
After a long offseason of slightly under four months, Formula 1 action is set to resume with the opening race of the 2019 season.
This race is the Australian Grand Prix, and it is scheduled to take place this Sunday, March 17 at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It is the first of 21 races of the 2019 season, which is scheduled to go into early December.
Right after the start of the year 2019, we published our Way-too-early Driver Power Rankings for the 2019 Formula 1 season. We analyzed each of the sport’s 20 full-time drivers and ranked them against their competitors.
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Because of the fact that these power rankings were released in the offseason and it is still the offseason despite the fact that these rankings were released more than two months ago, this edition of Preseason Driver Power Rankings contains just a simple list of rankings as opposed to full-length slideshow with an in-depth analysis for each driver.
Here is a link to the Way-too-early Driver Power Rankings for the 2019 season if you are interested in reading an in-depth analysis for each of the 20 drivers.
In these particular power rankings, there have not been any changes from the time the Way-too-early Driver Power Rankings were released until now, so these rankings are the same as those rankings were.
As a result, here are the Preseason Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings for the 2019 season.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1st – Lewis Hamilton – #44, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes
2nd – Charles Leclerc – #16, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari
3rd – Max Verstappen – #33, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda
4th – Sebastian Vettel – #5, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari
5th – Valtteri Bottas – #77, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes
6th – Pierre Gasly – #10, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda
7th – Daniel Ricciardo – #3, Renault, Renault
8th – Nico Hulkenberg – #27, Renault, Renault
9th – Sergio Perez – #11, SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes
10th – Romain Grosjean – #8, Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari
11th – Kevin Magnussen – #20, Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari
12th – Lance Stroll – #18, SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes
13th – Kimi Raikkonen – #7, Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari
14th – Carlos Sainz Jr. – #55, McLaren, Renault
15th – Lando Norris – #4, McLaren, Renault
16th – Antonio Giovinazzi – #99, Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari
17th – Alexander Albon – #23, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda
18th – George Russell – #63, ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes
19th – Robert Kubica – #88, ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes
20th – Daniil Kvyat – #26, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda
For a description of how the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings are set to be calculated throughout the 2019 season, click here.
The Australian Grand Prix is scheduled to get the 2019 Formula 1 season underway this Sunday, March 17 at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. The 2019 schedule, which you can see here, is comprised of 21 races from then until early December, so be sure not to miss any of them.