Welcome back to The Gurgler’s F1 Season G-Power Rankings – our way of using various F1 based stats to answer the question of really who is the best driver in F1 which started last season. Will 2022 be just as exciting as last year’s epic battle, or will Max Verstappen cruise to second straight Martini Medal for our Driver of the Year? Before we get too far into the season our 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Ratings are here.
Our 2022 F1 Season Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to team mate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car. Even the occasional Sprint Race when they happen.
A full explanation on what is included and the points awarded is below the visuals.
Our Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Ratings is more than just a score for driver of the day, we have the race results, season progress, and so many F1 based points of interest in easy to consume visuals.
Enjoy.
READ MORE – 2022 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Lap by Lap Summary and Highlights
READ MORE – 2021 Driver of the Season and 2021 Season Stats
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Race 1 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the best and blurst driver from the most recent race.
And just like the race, it was a close run thing between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings Progress – Martini Medal Driver of the Year
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season.
Charles Leclerc leads this with his almost perfect start to the season. Some highly fancied drivers are further down than one would think. Unless you saw the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Other Interesting Stats
DRIVER H2H
QUALIFYING
Three packs starting to form here, with the top two cars dominating the first group. A large midfield group comprises two Haas cars. Who’d think it? And sadly for Aussie fans, the back pack sees Daniel Ricciardo in it with mostly Mercedes engine team mates.
FIRST LAP POSITION GAINS
Bottas is up to his 2021 tricks with a negative return for places made up from the grid.
New boy Zhou is at the bottom of the list though, with a solid -10 from his first two starts.
FREE PRACTICE
Why not throw in some Free Practice stats. It sets the scene for the title race.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
SPRINT RACE – Points awarded for top five – 5-4-3-2-1
