F1 2021 RANKING DRIVER
The McLaren driver is operating better than ever and has not only consistently finished as the ‘best of the rest’ behind the Mercedes/Red Bull duos, but often split them such as last weekend in the Austrian GP.Ĭarlos Sainz’s pace rating is far too low in comparison to the field and his team-mate, especially when you consider that just two points separate them in the drivers’ championship and only Sainz has a podium finish this season. Lando Norris’ standout third season in F1 vindicates his highest ever overall rating of 91. Hamilton’s ratings appear fairly accurate bar the lower awareness than expected.
While Bottas is often a match for Hamilton in qualifying, the same cannot be consistently said in the races, leaving his pace rating seeming a little overinflated. His pace rating of 92 is the joint third strongest along with Charles Leclerc. Somewhat bizarrely, Bottas has a perfect 99 rating for ‘awareness’ – measured by the driver’s ability to avoid incidents and penalties – 10 points higher than Hamilton’s.įrom spinning in the pitlane at the Red Bull Ring in practice to colliding in dramatic fashion with George Russell at Imola, Bottas has had far from an incident-free 2021 – though it should be noted these ratings are only correct as of the French Grand Prix. We’re less convinced by the ratings of Red Bull’s main title rivals Mercedes, namely the rating of Valtteri Bottas.Īn overall rating of 92 places Bottas as the third-highest rated driver in the game, behind only his team-mate Hamilton and Verstappen. The gap to Perez also feels representative of how much catching up Perez still has to do, even if he’s already won a race for Red Bull and performed at a higher level than the two previous incumbents of the second Red Bull seat. The first two of which he’s developed considerably in recent years after some rocky moments in his early Red Bull career. His weakest attribute is understandably experience, while he’s consistently strong across racecraft, awareness and pace.
Max Verstappen has the joint-highest overall rating in F1 2021 along with Lewis Hamilton – something that seems fair considering how evenly matched the duo has been in their championship battle this year.
We’ve assessed all of the ratings team-by-team (in current constructors’ championship order) ahead of F1 2021’s release next week.
F1 2021 RANKING DRIVERS
It was never going to be possible for Codemasters to attribute a set of ratings that would please everyone, but it’s fair to say there are some glaring outliers and inconsistencies among the 20 drivers.Įach driver has been rated on four different categories – experience, racecraft, awareness, pace – and these all contribute to their overall rating.Īll 20 drivers – along with the 2020 Formula 2 field – are available for selection in the MyTeam career mode that allows you to create, manage and race for a hypothetical 11 th team on the F1 grid.
Rating F1 drivers is not an easy task, and it’s something that will almost always cause controversy and disagreement– you needn’t look any further than Edd Straw’s driver ratings for evidence of that. The release of the driver ratings that will feature in Codemasters’ latest official Formula 1 game, F1 2021, has caused a fiery reaction and debate amongst fans.
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