A number of of the System 1 workforce 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 workforce principals to share their prime 10 rankings on the finish of the season for various years. The drivers‘ factors are then mixed to type the ultimate checklist.
Curiously, it was four-time champion Max Verstappen who topped the checklist for the fifth consecutive yr, with 2025 drivers‘ champion Lando Norris in second.
Within the early levels of the season, it appeared as if the drivers‘ championship was going to take a seat between McLaren’s Norris and his team-mate Oscar Piastri. Whereas Norris had a robust 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 all the way 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, Purple Bull Racing
Photograph by: Zak Mauger / LAT Photographs by way of Getty Photographs
Finalising the highest 10 from the workforce 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 checklist in any respect this yr after his transfer to Ferrari left loads to be desired as he labored to regulate to the Maranello outfit.
2025 F1 bosses‘ prime 10 drivers
1. Max Verstappen, Purple Bull2. Lando Norris, McLaren3. Oscar Piastri, McLaren4. George Russell, Mercedes5. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin6. Carlos Sainz, Williams7. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari8. Oliver Bearman, Haas9. Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls10. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber
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