Formula 1: Every driver rating in the new F1 2021 game
By Asher Fair
The official Formula 1 driver ratings for the new F1 2021 video game have been released. How does your favorite driver stack up in four distinct categories?
EA Sports’ new F1 2021 video game is scheduled to launch in less than one week on Friday, July 16 on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, alongside Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam).
The digital Deluxe Edition is set to become available three days earlier on Tuesday, July 13 with special additional content.
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Ahead of the launch of the first Formula 1 video game since EA Sports acquired Codemasters, the official driver ratings were revealed.
This year’s driver ratings were broken down into four distinct categories, with those categories all factoring into the overall ratings.
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Those four categories include experience, racecraft, awareness and pace. Included in this year’s game are the 20 drivers who currently compete for one of Formula 1’s 10 teams, including the three rookies who are making their first in-game appearance as Formula 1 drivers.
Let’s take a look at how each driver stacks up against his 19 competitors in each of these four categories. We’ll start off with the experience category.
Experience
Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 99
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo – 99
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 92
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – 91
Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 81
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – 80
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 75
Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 69
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari – 69
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 62
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 62
Lando Norris, McLaren – 60
Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 60
George Russell, Williams – 60
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 59
Nicholas Latifi, Williams – 55
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo – 54
Mick Schumacher, Haas – 47
Nikita Mazepin, Haas – 47
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 46
Racecraft
Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 96
Lando Norris, McLaren – 96
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 94
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – 94
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – 93
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 93
Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 93
Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 92
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 92
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo – 91
Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 89
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 89
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari – 88
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 88
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 88
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo – 82
George Russell, Williams – 76
Nicholas Latifi, Williams – 69
Mick Schumacher, Haas – 65
Nikita Mazepin, Haas – 65
Awareness
Lando Norris, McLaren – 99
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 99
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 99
George Russell, Williams – 99
Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 98
Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 96
Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 94
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari – 94
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – 91
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 89
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – 87
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 87
Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 84
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo – 84
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 82
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo – 82
Mick Schumacher, Haas – 81
Nicholas Latifi, Williams – 79
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 78
Nikita Mazepin, Haas – 78
Pace
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 98
Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 97
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 92
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 92
Lando Norris, McLaren – 89
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 89
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – 88
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – 88
Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 87
Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 86
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo – 86
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 86
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari – 85
George Russell, Williams – 83
Mick Schumacher, Haas – 83
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 82
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo – 80
Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 79
Nicholas Latifi, Williams – 70
Nikita Mazepin, Haas – 66
And finally, here are the overall ratings.
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 95
Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 95
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 92
Lando Norris, McLaren – 91
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – 90
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri – 90
Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin – 89
Fernando Alonso, Alpine – 89
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 88
Sergio Perez, Red Bull – 87
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari – 87
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo – 87
Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 86
George Russell, Williams – 84
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 83
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri – 82
Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo – 79
Mick Schumacher, Haas – 76
Nicholas Latifi, Williams – 71
Nikita Mazepin, Haas – 67
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Do you agree or disagree with any rankings in any of these categories? Be sure to pre-order your copy of the game today to be ready to go when it officially launches with its many exciting new features.