F1 2025 power rankings: Who are the best performers on this year’s grid?

After every race, we rank all 20 drivers and now that we well into the season, it is time to look back at who is performing best so far.

With a score handed out from 0 to 10, our rankings are a popular regular feature on the site but it also allows us to see the patterns across the season as a whole. Here, then, are the power rankings based on each driver’s average rating across the races so far.

Power rankings for the F1 2025 season

1.) Oscar Piastri – 8.83

It should come as little surprise that the man on the top of the Championship standings is also first here.

Oscar Piastri has hardly put a foot wrong this year and has scored a perfect 10 on three occasions. His latest came in Spain and it is hard to see anyone overtaking him.

2.) Lando Norris – 8.44

After overcoming an early season dip, Lando Norris appears to be back in the groove with four podiums in a row including a first win in Monaco.

As he does in the Drivers’ standings, he trails his team-mate here but is still the second best on the grid.

3.) Charles Leclerc – 8.22

Perhaps a surprise to be up in P3 but Charles Leclerc has dragged the SF-25 higher than it deserves to be on a number of occasions.

Back-to-back podiums in Monaco and Spain show he is making progress but he must now hope the team can produce these kinds of results at all types of circuits.

4.) Max Verstappen – 8.06

Max Verstappen’s overall rating took a nose dive following his antics in Barcelona with his deliberate crash earning him a 4, the lowest he has ever been scored.

Away from Spain, the Dutchman has been consistently excellent, only dropping before 8.5 on four occasions.

5.) George Russell – 7.78

George Russell was Mr. Consistent up until Imola when he dropped out of the top five for the first time.

A terrible quali meant Monaco was a write-off but he bounced back in Spain with P4.

6.) Alex Albon – 7.39

After an excellent start to the year, Albon is going through a difficult period with back-to-back scores of five in our rankings.

Still, he is comfortably in his best season for Williams and will hope to be back amongst the points sooner rather than later.

7.) Isack Hadjar – 7.31

Isack Hadjar has emerged as the rookie of the season so far with a number of impressive performances for Racing Bulls.

He scored points in every race of the European tripler header and has made it to Q3 on five occasions.

8.) Pierre Gasly – 7.22

After a slow start to the year, Gasly scored his first points in Bahrain but was made to wait for his second lot.

Two retirements proceeded a P8 in Spain where he showed what he can do if he has the right car beneath him.

9.) Kimi Antonelli – 7

Kimi Antonelli’s start made everyone believe the youngster was born ready for F1 but his form has fallen away dramatically since the race in Imola.

Admitting he was a little affected by the home crowd adulation, he has gone on to retire in two of the last three races and finished 18th in Monte Carlo.

10.) Lewis Hamilton – 6.89

A trying year for both Lewis Hamilton and his fans as he has yet to click fully with the Ferrari car.

A sprint win in China suggested a turning point had been reached but Hamilton continues to vent his frustration with the way the SF-25. Meanwhile, Leclerc is up on the podium.

11.) Oliver Bearman – 6.78

When it’s good, it’s great. When it’s bad, it’s awful.

Oliver Bearman does not really do ‘okay’ races as he either excels or underwhelms.

He started the year with points in three of the first four races but has not scored since then. In Barcelona, he picked up a 10-second penalty making him the last driver to cross the line.

12.) Nico Hulkenberg – 6.67

After P7 in the opening race, Nico Hulkenberg may have thought he would not score points again this year but with upgrades on the car, he reached P5 in Spain – his best result since 2018.

There was an element of fortune involved with Verstappen’s penalty and Antonelli’s DNF but it is still encouraging signs for the German.

13.) Esteban Ocon 6.28

There has not been much to write home about for Esteban Ocon but he is still 10th in the standings thanks to some good points scores.

The Haas car does not appear to have the pace of last year but the Frenchman has on occasion at least found a way to the top 10.

14.) Fernando Alonso – 6.25

The longest drought of Fernando Alonso’s career came to an end in Spain as he finally got some points on the board.

Truth be told, his performance deserved points before that with an unlucky DNF in Monaco having qualified P6 and a P5 in Imola that became P11.

But in Spain and in front of his home crowd, he pulled off some impressive overtakes to make it to P9.

15.) Yuki Tsunoda – 6.22

Yuki Tsunoda has become the latest driver to struggle in the Red Bull with him admitting he just does not know why he was slow following a P20 starting spot in Spain.

The Japanese driver denied he wished he was back at Racing Bulls but just three points scores since making the move shows how hard he is finding it.

16.) Carlos Sainz – 6.17

A slow start for Carlos Sainz at Williams came to an end in Saudi where he began a run of four consecutive points scores but he fell away again in Spain.

He is now 30 points behind his team-mate.

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17.) Liam Lawson – 6

Back at Racing Bulls and Liam Lawson continues to find life difficult.

He scored points for the first time in Monaco but is being regularly outdone by his rookie team-mate.

18.) Lance Stroll – 5.38

Remains Aston’s leading points scorer but Alonso is now managing to get more out of the car.

The Canadian sat out Barcelona due to a wrist injury.

19.) Jack Doohan – 5.17

Jack Doohan’s time in F1 came to an end, for now, after just six races after Alpine pulled the trigger and put in Colapinto.

20.) Gabriel Bortoleto – 5.11

For the majority of the season, the car has been to blame for Gabriel Bortoleto’s low position but Hulkenberg’s P5 in Barcelona suggested there was more pace than the Brazilian has been able to find.

F1 can be a cruel game and even if the car is slow, Bortoleto needs to start showing more if he hopes to have a long career.

21.) Franco Colapinto – 5

Franco Colapinto’s career at Alpine has been one of frustration and failure with the Argentine finishing no higher than 13th in his three races so far.

He has two more to go in his contract and needs to start showing some improvement.

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