A number of of the Formulation 1 staff chiefs have chosen their prime 10 drivers for the 2025 season.
McLaren’s Andrea Stella, Mercedes’ Toto Wolff, Williams’s James Vowles, Racing Bulls’ Alan Permane, Haas’s Ayao Komatsu, Sauber’s Jonathan Wheatley, Alpine’s Steve Nielsen and Aston Martin’s senior management groups took half within the activity.
F1 has requested the staff principals to share their prime 10 rankings on the finish of the season for plenty of years. The drivers’ factors are then mixed to kind the ultimate listing.
Apparently, it was four-time champion Max Verstappen who topped the listing for the fifth consecutive yr, with 2025 drivers’ champion Lando Norris in second.
Within the early levels of the season, it seemed as if the drivers’ championship was going to sit down between McLaren’s Norris and his team-mate Oscar Piastri. Whereas Norris had a powerful comeback after the summer season break, recording extra constant performances compared to his team-mate, a late-season surge from Verstappen noticed him shut in on the title.
The championship battle went right down to wire on the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Verstappen took the race win, however with Norris ending third, the Dutchman ended second within the drivers’ standings with simply two factors separating the 2 drivers. Piastri completed the championship in third.
Lando Norris, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing
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Finalising the highest 10 from the staff chief rankings had been Piastri, George Russell, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Oliver Bearman, Isack Hadjar and Nico Hulkenberg.
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton did not make the listing in any respect this yr after his transfer to Ferrari left lots to be desired as he labored to regulate to the Maranello outfit.
2025 F1 bosses’ prime 10 drivers
1. Max Verstappen, Pink Bull
2. Lando Norris, McLaren
3. Oscar Piastri, McLaren
4. George Russell, Mercedes
5. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
6. Carlos Sainz, Williams
7. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
8. Oliver Bearman, Haas
9. Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
10. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber
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