Beyond the Flag
Fansided

Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - APRIL 28: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 and the rest of the field at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan at Baku City Circuit on April 28, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - APRIL 28: Valtteri Bottas driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 leads Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 and the rest of the field at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan at Baku City Circuit on April 28, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
1 of 5
Next
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – APRIL 28: Race winner Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes GP (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – APRIL 28: Race winner Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes GP (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /

How did Valtteri Bottas’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory and the rest of the action from the race affect the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings?

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Valtteri Bottas opened up the 21-race 2019 Formula 1 season by winning the Australian Grand Prix, and he doubled his 2019 season win total by winning the season’s fourth race, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Bottas’s victory in the 51-lap race around the 20-turn, 3.73-mile (6.003-kilometer) Baku City Circuit temporary street circuit in Azadliq Square, Baku, Azerbaijan made him the second driver to win two races so far this season.

The other driver who has won two races so far this season is the only other driver who has won any races so far this season, and that driver is Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who won the season’s second and third races, the Bahrain Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix, respectively. For the second time this season, he and Bottas are tied atop the wins list.

How did Bottas’s second victory of the 2019 season affect the Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Non-formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Valtteri Bottas – #77, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [2nd (+1)]
2nd – Lewis Hamilton – #44, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes – [1st (-1)]
3rd – Sebastian Vettel – #5, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [5th (+2)]
4th – Max Verstappen – #33, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [4th (0)]
5th – Charles Leclerc – #16, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Sergio Perez – #11, SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes – [9th (+3)]
7th – Lando Norris – #4, McLaren, Renault – [11th (+4)]
8th – Kimi Raikkonen – #7, Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [7th (-1)]
9th – Pierre Gasly – #10, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda – [6th (-3)]
10th – Carlos Sainz Jr. – #55, McLaren, Renault – [17th (+7)]
11th – Lance Stroll – #18, SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes – [14th (+3)]
12th – Alexander Albon – #23, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [10th (-2)]
13th – Kevin Magnussen – #20, Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari – [12th (-1)]
14th – Nico Hulkenberg – #27, Renault, Renault – [13th (-1)]
15th – Daniel Ricciardo – #3, Renault, Renault – [8th (-7)]
16th – Antonio Giovinazzi – #99, Alfa Romeo Racing, Ferrari – [18th (+2)]
17th – Daniil Kvyat – #26, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda – [15th (-2)]
18th – Romain Grosjean – #8, Rich Energy Haas, Ferrari – [16th (-2)]
19th – George Russell – #63, ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [19th (0)]
20th – Robert Kubica – #88, ROKiT Williams Racing, Mercedes – [20th (0)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Carlos Sainz Jr. (+7)
Down: Daniel Ricciardo (-7)

Here are the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings following the season’s fourth race. To see how the formulated Formula 1 Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.

Home/Formula One