Formula 1: Way-too-early 2020 power rankings

By Asher Fair | Dec 9, 2019

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 01: Top three finishers Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP, Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing and Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Ferrari celebrate on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on December 01, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – APRIL 14: Kevin Magnussen of Denmark driving the (20) Haas F1 Team VF-19 Ferrari leads Lance Stroll of Canada driving the (18) Racing Point RP19 Mercedes (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images) /

#18 and #17

SportPesa Racing Point, Mercedes. LANCE STROLL. #18. . No. 18

Take away Lance Stroll’s fluky fourth place finish in the German Grand Prix, a race he led for all of a few seconds, and he finishes in 17th place in the driver standings with nine points and without a top eight finish. Even with that fourth place effort, he only finished in 15th in the standings with 21 points, which was a whopping five positions and 31 points behind teammate Sergio Perez, who, in typical Perez fashion, managed to secure his position in the standings with a consistent season, one that did not feature a top five finish but featured eight top eight results. As cliché as it sounds, everyone knows why Stroll is here. Will he continue to prove his doubters correct?

Haas, Ferrari. ROMAIN GROSJEAN. #17. . No. 8

As inconsistent as Romain Grosjean is, he has what it takes to record a decent result every once in a while. He proved in the latter half of the 2018 season, and he likely would have had the chance to prove it again in 2019 had Haas had a decent package, or literally anything other than their worst car in their four-year history in Formula 1. Hopefully the sport’s lone American team will make steps in the right direction this offseason and at least get close to returning to where they were in 2018 next year.

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