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Alex Albon comes in at ninth in Pit Debrief’s F1 2025 Driver Rankings, on the back of the Williams driver completing one of his most competitive seasons to date. Albon finished the 2025 F1 season 8th in the Drivers’ Championship with 73 points, the best result for the London-born driver since he joined Williams in…
Ollie Bearman has cracked the top ten of Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings. The young British driver completed his first full season for Haas alongside Esteban Ocon following a very successful feeder series career. He had also made superb F1 cameo appearances for the American-owned team in 2024, along with one in a Ferrari…
Eleventh place in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings goes to two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. After yet another season defined by man versus machine and extracting blood from stone, Alonso once again makes a compelling case as the standout driver of the midfield in 2025. On paper, the numbers are modest. Alonso finished 10th…
After a season defined by resilience and a long-awaited breakthrough, Nico Hülkenberg secured 12th place in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings, just outside the top ten. Nico Hülkenberg’s 2025 Formula 1 season unfolded as a complete and carefully managed campaign, shaped by awareness, restraint and timing. He returned to Sauber, next to rookie Gabriel…
Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings find Sauber’s highly touted rookie Gabriel Bortoleto 13th in his first season on the grid. Don’t let the points tally fool you At first glance it would seem that Bortoleto had a bit of a dud rookie season. The 2024 Formula 2 champion finished well behind the other rookies,…
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…
