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After a tumultuous first year with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton is 14th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings. Hamilton’s worst F1 season yet After twelve seasons at Mercedes, Hamilton joined Ferrari for the 2025 season. What was a perfect match on paper soon proved otherwise. Despite starting strong with a Sprint win in only his…
One of the season’s unsung performers has been Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who’s ranked 15th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Rankings. Gasly’s campaign lacked glory but showed his grit. Finishing 18th in the Drivers’ Championship with 22 points, the Frenchman shouldered the entire weight of Alpine’s aspirations in what became the Enstone squad’s worst-ever…
Tina Hausmann has concluded her 2025 campaign in F1 Academy, taking part with PREMA Racing as a part of the Aston Martin F1 Driver Development Programme. After finishing her first campaign 10th in the Standings with 31 points, she showed improved as she concluded her second season in 8th with 50 points. Her team, PREMA…
Haas F1’s Esteban Ocon sits 16th in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season. The Frenchman joined the team this year following a 5-year spell with Renault and Alpine and lined up alongside rookie Ollie Bearman. Bringing valuable experience to the team, Ayao Komatsu’s signing of Ocon and Bearman has seemingly steered the…
Coming in at 17th in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 Season is Liam Lawson. In his first full year in the sport, the Kiwi was thrust headfirst into the Red Bull second-seat phenomenon – unforgiving and famously unkind to those not named Max Verstappen. Lawson’s season seemed defined by extremes. There were…
Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda was ranked 18th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Drivers’ Rankings. Tsunoda enjoyed a strong start to the season with Racing Bulls. Despite this, a promotion to Red Bull in Japan saw the young Japanese driver become the latest victim of the now infamous second Red Bull seat. Strong showings from Tsunoda…
19th in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season is Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll. It was another extremely underwhelming year for the Canadian driver. A great start to the season for Lance Stroll As the 2025 F1 season started, Aston Martin struggled for pace. However, in a chaotic Australian GP, great tyre…
Alisha Palmowski entered the 2025 F1 Academy season with a weighty badge on her overalls: Red Bull Racing. Lined up with Campos Racing, she didn’t arrive as a curiosity, but as part of a talent pipeline that expects results. She delivered early. In Shanghai, the opening round of the year, Palmowski converted opportunity into a…
Franco Colapinto is ranked 20th in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season. The Argentine driver hopped into Jack Doohan’s seat for the Imola GP and finishing out the season with Alpine. However, like Doohan, Colapinto ended the season point-less. With an underperforming Alpine A525, Colapinto did not have room to grow. Lack…
21st and last in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season is Jack Doohan. The Aussie only got six rounds before getting booted by Alpine. He was replaced by Franco Colapinto. While the Argentine driver did not score any points either, the A525 was less competitive as the year went on. Jack Doohan…
