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Formula 1 ratings

The full 2026 grid, twenty-two drivers and eleven constructors, plus the legends and the great teams. It is the smallest topic in the game and the one where the ratings argue with themselves the least, because the championship table does the arguing for you.

How these ratings are built

Current drivers and constructors are rated on 2026 championship points, put through a square-root curve so the midfield spreads out instead of all bunching at the bottom while two cars disappear over the horizon. That is the only place in the game where the rating comes from a live standings table. The all-time pools are editorial, and comparing a 1970s world champion to a modern one is exactly the fight the mode exists to start.

Every rating in this category runs on the same 40 to 99 scale the rest of the game uses. There are 91 entries here across 2 pools. In the game itself these numbers stay hidden until the verdict screen, which is the whole point of the auction; this page is the reference copy, for settling arguments after the fact.

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Drivers · Current

22 in this pool, from Kimi Antonelli at 96 down to Lance Stroll at 55.

RatingEntryWhy
96Kimi AntonelliMercedes · #12Six wins by August. Leading the 2026 title race at 19.set by hand · 2026: 267 pts
95Lando NorrisMcLaren · #12025 world champion.set by hand · 2026: 171 pts
93George RussellMercedes · #63Two wins, second in the standings.2026: 201 pts
92Lewis HamiltonFerrari · #44Won again in red. Seven titles.2026: 191 pts
89Charles LeclercFerrari · #16Fastest man over one lap.2026: 155 pts
85Max VerstappenRed Bull · #3Four titles. Dragging an off-pace Red Bull.2026: 127 pts
84Oscar PiastriMcLaren · #81Tough follow-up to the 2025 title fight.2026: 116 pts
78Isack HadjarRed Bull · #6Eighth in points, then a wrist injury before Zandvoort.2026: 71 pts
76Valtteri BottasCadillac · #77Ten wins, now in a car with zero points.set by hand · 2026: 0 pts
75Sergio PerezCadillac · #11Six wins, the other half of the Cadillac line-up.set by hand · 2026: 0 pts
74Liam LawsonRed Bull · #30Back at the senior team covering for Hadjar.2026: 51 pts
72Pierre GaslyAlpine · #10Alpine's leader, tenth in points.2026: 41 pts
70Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls · #41Red Bull's teenage bet.2026: 29 pts
67Franco ColapintoAlpine · #43Fan favorite from Argentina.2026: 21 pts
66Oliver BearmanHaas · #87Ferrari academy star.2026: 18 pts
64Gabriel BortoletoAudi · #5Rising fast.2026: 10 pts
62Carlos SainzWilliams · #55Grand Prix winner leading the Williams project.2026: 6 pts
62Nico HulkenbergAudi · #27Podium in 2025, points in an Audi.2026: 6 pts
61Alex AlbonWilliams · #23Points machine.2026: 5 pts
60Esteban OconHaas · #31Grand Prix winner, Haas veteran.2026: 3 pts
60Fernando AlonsoAston Martin · #14Still the best racer on the grid past 40, stuck in a slow car.2026: 3 pts
55Lance StrollAston Martin · #18Three career podiums and a very supportive owner.2026: 0 pts

Drivers · All-time greats

36 in this pool, from Michael Schumacher at 99 down to Rubens Barrichello at 76.

All-time ratings are editorial calls rather than anything a box score produced, for the obvious reason that the statistics were not kept the same way, or at all.

RatingEntryWhy
99Lewis HamiltonMcLaren · Mercedes · Ferrari, 2007-presentSeven titles, most wins and poles ever.editorial · career
99Michael SchumacherFerrari and more, 1991-2012Seven titles, five in a row.editorial · career
97Ayrton SennaLotus · McLaren and more, 1984-94Three titles. Monaco was his.editorial · career
96Juan Manuel FangioAlfa · Ferrari · Mercedes and more, 1950-58Five titles with four different teams.editorial · career
96Max VerstappenRed Bull, 2015-presentFour straight titles, 19 wins in one season.editorial · career
95Alain ProstMcLaren · Ferrari and more, 1980-93The Professor. Four titles.editorial · career
94Jim ClarkLotus, 1960-68Two titles. Won from pole when he wanted to.editorial · career
92Jackie StewartBRM · Tyrrell and more, 1965-73Three titles, then made the sport safer.editorial · career
92Niki LaudaFerrari · McLaren and more, 1971-85Three titles. Came back six weeks after the fire.editorial · career
91Fernando AlonsoRenault · Ferrari · Aston and more, 2001-presentTwo titles, ended the Schumacher era.editorial · career
91Sebastian VettelRed Bull · Ferrari and more, 2007-22Four titles before turning 27.editorial · career
89Stirling MossMercedes · Vanwall and more, 1951-61Greatest driver never to win the title.editorial · career
88Alberto AscariFerrari and more, 1950-55Back-to-back titles, nine wins in a row.editorial · career
88Jack BrabhamCooper · Brabham, 1955-70Three titles, one in a car with his own name.editorial · career
88Nelson PiquetBrabham · Williams and more, 1978-91Three titles.editorial · career
87Mika HakkinenLotus · McLaren, 1991-2001Two titles, beat Schumacher straight up.editorial · career
87Nigel MansellWilliams · Ferrari and more, 1980-95Il Leone. 1992 champion.editorial · career
86Gilles VilleneuveFerrari, 1977-82Six wins and a legend far bigger.editorial · career
85Emerson FittipaldiLotus · McLaren, 1970-80Two titles, youngest champion of his era.editorial · career
85Kimi RaikkonenFerrari · McLaren and more, 2001-212007 champion. Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing.editorial · career
85Lando NorrisMcLaren, 2019-present2025 champion.editorial · career
84Charles LeclercFerrari, 2018-presentPole king in a red car.editorial · career
84Graham HillBRM · Lotus and more, 1958-75Only Triple Crown winner.editorial · career
84Mario AndrettiLotus and more, 1968-821978 champion, won in everything.editorial · career
82Damon HillWilliams and more, 1992-991996 champion.editorial · career
82Jenson ButtonBAR · Brawn · McLaren and more, 2000-172009 champion in the Brawn fairy tale.editorial · career
82Jochen RindtLotus and more, 1964-70Only posthumous champion.editorial · career
82Nico RosbergWilliams · Mercedes, 2006-16Beat Hamilton in 2016, then retired.editorial · career
80James HuntHesketh · McLaren, 1973-791976 champion by one point.editorial · career
80Ronnie PetersonLotus and more, 1970-78Super Swede. Fastest man of his era.editorial · career
78David CoulthardWilliams · McLaren · Red Bull, 1994-200813 wins.editorial · career
78Gerhard BergerFerrari · McLaren and more, 1984-97Ten wins, the great Ferrari romantic.editorial · career
78Jacques VilleneuveWilliams · BAR and more, 1996-20061997 champion.editorial · career
76Felipe MassaFerrari and more, 2002-17Champion for 39 seconds in 2008.editorial · career
76Mark WebberRed Bull and more, 2002-13Nine wins, one Multi-21.editorial · career
76Rubens BarrichelloFerrari · Brawn and more, 1993-2011Most starts of his generation.editorial · career

Constructors · Current

11 in this pool, from Mercedes at 99 down to Cadillac at 55.

RatingEntryWhy
99MercedesSilver Arrows · BrackleyLeading both 2026 championships. Antonelli and Russell.2026: 425 pts
94FerrariScuderia · MaranelloSecond in 2026 with two wins.2026: 338 pts
90McLarenPapaya · WokingBack-to-back constructors' champions, third this year.2026: 263 pts
84Red BullMilton KeynesFourth in 2026. Verstappen is doing the carrying.2026: 186 pts
72AlpineEnstoneMercedes power, sixth in points.2026: 63 pts
72Racing BullsFaenzaBest of the rest in 2026.2026: 66 pts
65HaasKannapolis · BanburyAmerica's other team.2026: 21 pts
64AudiHinwilThe old Sauber, first works year.2026: 16 pts
62WilliamsGroveNine titles in the archive, eleven points this year.2026: 11 pts
59Aston MartinSilverstoneNewey and Honda, three points.2026: 3 pts
55CadillacFishers · SilverstoneThe grid's eleventh team. Zero points so far.2026: 0 pts

Constructors · All-time greats

22 in this pool, from Ferrari at 99 down to Minardi at 60.

All-time ratings are editorial calls rather than anything a box score produced, for the obvious reason that the statistics were not kept the same way, or at all.

RatingEntryWhy
99Ferrari1950-presentMost wins, most titles, most everything.editorial · career
96McLaren1966-presentSenna, Prost, Hakkinen, Hamilton, Norris.editorial · career
94Mercedes1954-55 · 2010-presentEight constructors' titles in a row.editorial · career
93Red Bull2005-presentVettel's four and Verstappen's four.editorial · career
93Williams1977-presentNine titles, Mansell and Prost and Hill.editorial · career
92Lotus1958-94Colin Chapman's ground-effect revolution.editorial · career
85Brabham1962-92Fan car, Piquet's titles, Bernie's team.editorial · career
84Renault1977-85 · 2002-11 · 2016-20Turbo pioneers, Alonso's titles.editorial · career
82Benetton1986-2001Schumacher's first two titles.editorial · career
82Tyrrell1970-98Stewart's titles and the six-wheeler.editorial · career
80Brawn GP2009One season, both titles, sold to Mercedes.editorial · career
80Cooper1955-69Put the engine behind the driver.editorial · career
78Alfa Romeo1950-51 · 1979-85Won the first two world championships.editorial · career
78BRM1951-77Graham Hill's 1962 title.editorial · career
76Maserati1950-60Fangio's 250F.editorial · career
74Jordan1991-2005Schumacher's debut, Spa '98.editorial · career
74Matra1968-72Stewart's 1969 title.editorial · career
74Vanwall1954-60First constructors' champion.editorial · career
70Force India2008-18Best of the rest on a budget.editorial · career
70Ligier1976-96French blue, Laffite's wins.editorial · career
70Sauber1993-2025Swiss privateer, now Audi.editorial · career
60Minardi1985-2005Everyone's favorite backmarker.editorial · career

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