My 2021 Formula 1 Driver Rankings (1st - 20th)

[@TommoMcCluskey]

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[@dovidknopf2550]

Cars with Conor is a good one

[@dovidknopf2550]

And cf racing

[@dislexyc]

I'm ready to see 7 drivers from the bottom 4 teams in the bottom 10. That's the problem with these lists; if you're given a shitbox you need to pull a Russell to be considered slightly above average Edit: The other bottom 3 were on point, at least. Perez 10th is a bit debatable though, his qualifying was really bad Edit 2: I think Russell should be right behind Norris, in 5th. Like Norris, he had an incredible start and fell off towards the end. To get podiums, most of the time, Norris has to battle Gasly and the Ferrari, while Russell had to beat 8 cars with better pace... I think I just convinced myself to put Russell in 4th, behind Max, Sainz and Lewis Edit 3: Sainz snubbed as always :( first season in a Ferrari, beat Leclerc and got 5th in the championship. Deserved more

[@dovidknopf2550]

@@alunesh12345 I’m actually Jewish don’t believe in Jesus

[@qulsoracing2438]

Sorry bro, but Antonio wasn't slower than Kimi all season. Kimi has much luck and experience, and it's fact

[@VGRU-iv2bv]

I'm convinced tommo owns squarespace

[@salti4647]

😂😂

[@sash3450]

Lmao true 🤣

[@Emilylauren_05]

🤣🤣

[@zorb7171]

💀💀

[@TheEmolano]

To be fair is one of the few youtubers that look like they really use what they advertice

[@oldfriends8024]

21:49 Carlos Sainz It should not be taken for granted the hard work Carlos has put through this season. It’s not luck. He moved to Maranello to be close to the factory. He is always willing to learn from everyone including Charles. He tries to improve his weak point. He has worked so hard for all this. Many people looked down on him back when he was announced to join Ferrari.He proved them wrong. Not only does he have an amazing on-track performance, but he also brings positive vibe to Ferrari and makes the team a better and warmer place. I know his first win is coming in 2022. He deserves so much.

[@docontra4921]

Hey, some of us looked down on Ferrari for taking him down with them 😅 (and that's coming from someone who started watching F1 again after a ~15 year hiatus in Sochi 2020 🥴).

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Carlos is top tier, no question.

[@BVMT]

He was able to make the ferrari race engineer say a joke. A FERRARI RACE ENGINEER THOSE GUYS WHO SAID "If you finish below P1, you are P2"

[@Firebolt1729]

@@alunesh12345 I will believe if he can make Mazepin a world champion

[@inakimendizabal9090]

@@TommoMcCluskey He also was the only one when rain started who said to the team to put rain tyres

[@gav3099]

I personally think that Carlos should have been P3 and Lando P4, it was Carlos's debut season, he outscored Lando and was much more consistent. Lando had a better start to the season but he ended up flopping towards the end while Carlos was always consistent. No hate to Lando obviously, definitely P4, he had an awesome season. Cheers Tommo

[@torejohanlindstad6015]

Consistent but manages to get 2 p11, Lando scored every race he finished(exept Spa for obvious resons) Lando should have finished over Sainz, but Sainz gives him a puncture while he passes him. Lando had a great season in a car worse than the Ferrari

[@atrece13]

Carlos is overrated imo

[@georgehayward532]

@@atrece13 no

[@timori5290]

Flopping? You mean random tire failures (except brazil that was a bit harsh but this own fault). He has the same amount of point scoring races as carlos and both where imo not his fault (spa was indeed the fia's fault). They were both brilliant and it just hurts to see people saying he flopped at the end when the only thing that was flopping around was the pirelli rubber

[@todd.sherley]

Sainz only beat the LeClerc because of issues. He was out paced for the majority of the season. Don’t rain on that high.

[@VagTechKarl]

Lando is rated a bit too high, hard to say on Gasly, I feel he deserves to be even higher. Max of course deserves number 1, the fact that he overcame so many unlucky accidents that were not his fault and still came home with the championship says it all. Yes he did get one helping of luck at the end, but he did still pass on track.

[@soorajj9207]

Gasly got the pace but don't have many one to one's

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Lando once agin showing he is NOT overrated

[@hunterstuart3989]

Lando is a bit high IMO, second half wasn’t as good as it could’ve been, and especially after Russia he fell into the upper middle pack pretty heavily. Not a horrible decision from you tho tommo

[@TommoMcCluskey]

I respect your respectful opinion Hunter 👍

[@mag5311]

He was unlucky in the second half too tho with reliability

[@hunterstuart3989]

@@TommoMcCluskey big up tommo interacting with his viewers

[@hunterstuart3989]

@@mag5311 that too absolutely, but the qualifying pace fell off from where it was and the race pace wasn’t up where it was in the first half. Maybe that’s on mclaren for not adapting, but his second half wasn’t as great as the first half

[@Lm10goatt]

True but Hamilton’s first part of the season was really poorly. Lando’s was amazing. Lewis second part of the season was very strong, lando’s wasn’t really.

[@austindodd1611]

you’re wild for lando, tommo. the mclaren was clearly fast at the beginning of the year. when they lost any sort of pace, he was a ghost. not saying he wasn’t at least p5 but p2 is ludicrous

[@j_artero2901]

Lando is a good driver but definitely not p2 like you said p4 or 5 is more realistic but a lot of the younger fans would disagree 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@joenixon8745]

Personally I don’t think Hamilton’s been any where near his best and should be lower than sainz

[@j_artero2901]

@@joenixon8745 bro what ? How was he not has best he’s been trading points all season long with max and when max has won he’s come in second both Merc and RB had almost similar cars in terms of power

[@joenixon8745]

@@j_artero2901 A few moments where I believe he wasn’t at his best: Costly lockup in Baku, which lost him a win or at least 2nd place. Monaco he was way off the pace. Imola he crashed into the barrier. Silverstone he caused a collision. Poor qualifying in spa. These are mistakes we have not seen from him before

[@belugathecat8453]

@@joenixon8745 same opinion, i guess its not hamilton's best season, but if i needed to put someone in p2, it should've been him, there are no other driver in the grid that drive brilliantly on max and hamilton level, both of them are really good, and their top class performances made my opinion about lando in p2 seems too much over. for me, I would put max, ham, sai, lan, lec, gas, per, alo, rus, and bot for the top 10

[@TheKatalystQueen]

Putting Ricciardo above Bottas is actual insanity.

[@andyvettel4375]

@@alunesh12345 Jesus left f1

[@andyvettel4375]

Totally agree ,even with all the bad luck bottas still managed to take P3 ,yes he didn't help lewis in races much but come on that was still better than Ricciardo out of points in like 7 races

[@HBTV1233]

Putting Stroll above both of them is even worse!

[@henrywhatzal4724]

Riccardo got a win before Bottas this season lol

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Still awaiting my official diagnosis.

[@c.d.c9425]

Decent rankings, except I'd swap Norris and Sainz. Sainz was easily the best driver this season not counting Hamilton and Verstappen. Norris had decent performances but Sainz delivered on another scale this year.

[@TomC8042]

Personally I disagree mainly because IMO Norris was thew best driver until after Russia (inlcluding Max and Lewis and far ahead of the rest). + if you look at the actual performances, Landos performances in the 2nd hafl of the season were still great and was unlucky in many raes with punctures etc and also the pace of the car just wasnt there compared to the Ferrari and on some ocasions even the alpha tauri.

[@yannickvaz694]

As much as I love Sainz (he's easily one of my favourite drivers on the grid), all 4 of his podiums this year required atleast one of the drivers ahead to retire. Bottas and Leclerc retired in Monaco (still a great result to qualify in P4 though) In Hungary, he crashed in qualifying (which actually saved him). Leclerc, Gasly, Norris, Ricciardo, Perez, Verstappen, and Bottas were faster than him, not to mention he only got the podium when Vettel was DSQ'd. Ferrari messed up his strategy in Sochi at the beginning, so that was on them, but he went from P8 - P3 due to the rain. It was his call to pit for inters (he definitely deserves credit for that), but without the rain he would've ended in P8 or lower. He had a great weekend at Abu Dhabi, he was in P4 for a majority of the race and deserves credit for that, but he only got the podium after Perez (who was in P3) had to retire. Considering that it was his first year, he's easily one of the standouts this year, but I don't think he deserves P2. Either P3 or P4. Maybe P5, but that seems too low.

[@real1sknow]

@@yannickvaz694 Norris’s podiums were also due to luck as well: Imola: Bottas crashed and Perez spun twice and got a penalty Monaco: Your point applies as well with Lando. Austria: Hamilton had damage and he Perez got pushed onto the gravel by Norris (Although Lando did qualify on the front row) Monza: Hamilton and Verstappen retired and Bottas was forced to start from the back of the grid

[@yannickvaz694]

@@real1sknow I agree with Monaco. Lando actually was luckier to get the podium than Sainz, he was P4 before Bottas' pitstop. I'm not sure about Imola, both Perez and Bottas were behind him, so even without the Bottas/Russell crash, and Perez spinning, it wouldn't have really affected him much. He was lucky that Lewis ran into the gravel though. Without Hamilton's mistake he would've ended in P4. I kinda agree with Austria, he got lucky with Perez out of contention, but lost his P3 to Bottas because of the resulting penalty, so that cancels it out. Again his luck was mainly because of Lewis' mistake. I don't agree with Monza. I predicted that McLaren would win in Monza few races into the season. They were fast in 2020 (people forget that they were running in P2 and P3 before the safety car, and despite restarting the race in about P7 and P8, they still finished P2 and P4, the only drivers ahead of them, Stroll and Gasly, did not pit during the safety car period). He was lucky that Bottas took an engine penalty, but the Verstappen/Hamilton collision didn't really affect him. He was ahead of both Verstappen and Hamilton at the time Lewis came out of the pits. Considering how he defended against Hamilton for the entirety of the sprint, and majority of the race (and the fact that Verstappen struggled to follow Ricciardo too), and add to that the fact that both Max and Lewis would have been more busy fighting for position between themselves, his podium finish was almost certainly guaranteed. Maybe he would've finished P3 instead of P2 though.

[@m.fadhilakbar3693]

@@yannickvaz694 there's no way Ricciardo, Perez and Bottas faster than Carlos this year. I'd accept if he still lost a bit of pace from Lando and Charles but c'mon where did you watch the seasom by saying those drivers faster than Carlos?

[@grayaj23]

yes, max got lucky in the final race but it's worth keeping attention to the fact that Redbull played to a possible winning scenario and that scenario is what happened. Lewis might have been able to get rid of the dinosaur tires he had, but he still would have gone out on slightly used yellows. RB saved a set of softs *in case* it came down to a late-race shootout. it did, and Merc had no answer for it. it shouldn't have happened how it did happen -- and something like an automatic red flag when a crash late in a race threatens to end the race under yellow will help prevent a recurrence of this fiasco. But even if it had been red flagged, Max with brand new softs would still have been right behind Lewis on used mediums. Wolf left his soldier out in the rain with no bullets. No one is scrutinizing Wolf's bad call because of the controversy. But we know Lewis was on the team radio inventing new swears because HE knew Wolf made a bad call.

[@endthisnonsense7202]

Agreed, and, not only did Red Bull play to a scenario that might not have happened, but doing so was there only chance. At the same time Mercedes completely ignored the scenario that was the only one that could lose it for Lewis, the late Safety car with a racing end of the race on 43 laps old tires with a projected life cycle of 38-40 laps. After Max pitted during the VSC, Lewis had a 23 second gap to him (watch the footage of lap 37). That was the entire duration of a pit stop without a (V)SC. The VSC was still active when Lewis was at pit entry in lap 37, a VSC pit stop costed 14 seconds. He had a free pit window and should have gotten new hards to be on 20 lap old tires at the end instead, just to have a decent chance at defense for one or two laps in the scenario they failed to take into account. Agree with the suggestion of an automatic red flag in case of late incidents, but that currently is not the way it is handled. The Latifi crash in no way warranted a red flag under current practice. Latifi was safe behind the barrier even before the VSC came out, and the crane was only on track on a very short stretch of a corner, not on a 300 KM/h straight, and no other material was needed. The suggestion by many it had to be red flagged in Abu Dhabi would have led to a serious legal issue for FIA instead of the moot threat that was retracted once Mercedes understood they had zero chance to win it.

[@hail_sagan2830]

> max got lucky Here’s the thing, though: late-race crashes are not unheard of, and every team should have playbooks to account for those scenarios. Being prepared for it isn’t “luck”, it’s being good. As you said, Merc sacrificed late-race strategy and left Hamilton out to dry instead of giving him fresh(er) shoes to compete with Max in the event of any kind of incident in the last 10-15 laps. It was a risky strategy and they’ve got to own it.

[@lugattinine8451]

Finally a more differentiated view on things.. gotta admit that’s really refreshing after weeks of RB and Merc Fans suggesting that it was 100% ok or a total setup depending on whom you asked 🙏🏻

[@tox1c989]

@@endthisnonsense7202 Mercedes would have won but the case would not have been solved until well into the 2022 season

[@endthisnonsense7202]

@@tox1c989 Mercedes would have gone through with it had they thought they had a remote chance of winning it.

[@kevinmccortney8247]

The Bottas slander is getting to be a bit much imo. Definitely not his greatest year, or even a "solid year." But I'll be content to see Valtteri prove people wrong next year at Alfa. I think Tommo and others may put more emphasis on the lows (Hungary) than the highs/shoulda-been-highs (Monaco being lost to awful luck) which is somewhat fair because those moments stand out in our memories. I'd have him P11 if not 10 this year but respect to Tommo regardless.

[@lordofchaos5378]

Iam afraid bottas wont do much in thr alfa he cN have tremendous pace but what became painfully clear this year he doesnt have the balls he struggles to make overtakes in a merc that is faster than basically everything on the grid

[@alexandreb.1101]

@@lordofchaos5378 the Mercedes just plain sucks in a DRS train. Hamilton also struggled to get past McLarens before the rocket engine came to life in Brazil

[@flaminG-Ghost]

Well if he does well next year then good for him... And as far as highs and lows are concerned, Bottas had more lows this season than highs... His highs are Turkey, Monza as his best standouts, other than that he is in the Mercs for his 5th year... There's no excuse for his lows and his mediocre wheel to wheel... We are not talking about what could happen next year and base ranking of that for this year... I had really high expectations of a driver such as Bottas in a Merc for his 5th year... Bottas & Danny are the biggest disappointments of the season IMO...

[@cryptic7961]

this has aged well

[@rithvikar2526]

For Antonio, have you maybe considered how he's been stiffed by Alfa strategies in the key races? To the point he explicitly criticized his team.

[@js-racing9646]

Everyone disregards it unfortunately

[@areebsiddiqui758]

I constantly see people bring this point up as an excuse but its just not valid aside from Mexico. Giovinazzi is the definition of an average driver who we'll all forget about in 3 years time. The next Felipe Nasr or Sebastian Buemi. Granted he's a good qualifier but almost always goes backwards in the races. If you're consistently getting beaten by a 41 year old with little motivation who only continued to race in F1 "as a hobby" then you're probably not good enough. During his entire time in F1 Antonio showed he was nothing special and has no real reason to keep his seat. I don't even mind the grief I'm going to get for this comment. The recent Giovinazzi sympathy train just annoys me.

[@samarth8323]

@@areebsiddiqui758 i don't dislike gio but honestly he's such an average driver i straight up forgot he was a driver till midway through the season till the transfer rumours started

[@andyvettel4375]

@@areebsiddiqui758 he is average but that doesn't mean the team basically cost him all his points by bad strategies, terrible pitstops and unnecessary penalties

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@andyvettel4375 What points? Do tell me which races you're referring to aside from Mexico? This is just a lousy excuse that nobody backs up with facts.

[@elianioriofarrell]

I feel Sainz, Leclerc and Norris performed on a very even level this season. I think that saying that Lando only didn't look as impressive at the end because the Ferrari car got faster can be flipped around to say the reason Leclerc and Sainz didn't look as impressive at the start of the season is because the Mclaren car was better.

[@dave7573]

100%.. To start the season Norris was on a league of his own because of Ricciardo struggling massively and Ferrari being a step behind..

[@imaduckinspace8138]

I feel like Gasly can kinda get into this club, but also not in this club, idk it’s weird

[@tamryn2967]

Remember going into the summer break Lando was 3rd in the drivers ahead of a Mercedes and a Red Bull, which were definitely the faster cars. You can’t compare Charles and Carlos’s second half of the season with Lando’s first half. I think Lando’s second half and Charles/ Carlos first half were pretty similar in terms of consistency and speed. But Lando’s first half was in a league of his own. Recently bias has led to people forgetting mistakes that Carlos and Charles made in the first half of the season.

[@NOBODY.s]

Lando also got quite unlucky with safety cars, etc towards the end of the season which destroyed his stratgey

[@richardscott4758]

Too be fair if it wasnt for 2 tyre failures in the last 3 races Lando would of finished 3rd easily .

[@mtcuppers]

Bottas got the poles and points that Mercedes and Lewis desperately needed to win both championships, the writing was in the wall in 2020 already: He does not find a way to consistently deliver and adapt when things don't go his way. But he did manage to beat Perez in terms of points so P14 for him is absolutely disgraceful in my opinion.

[@jackhinks748]

Definitely agree with this, very unfair

[@sanremovelho]

Totally agree. Bottas is way too low compared to Perez.

[@NathanRussell-Thompson]

Get over it the guys shit, should have been out of the team years ago

[@sanremovelho]

@@NathanRussell-Thompson yeah he is so shit that they won only 5 consturctors championships in his 5 years in the team. 🤨

[@stefanoe.m.1540]

F1 has a certain narrative and I see people (journalists, commentators...) finding difficulties escaping from it. Bottas didn't have a great season at all but people are way to hard with him because that's his role. Kimi did way worst than him on his second period in Ferrari but he never received such harsh and sarcastic comments, because Kimi is Kimi. Same for Daniel, you cannot criticise Daniel as much as Bottas.

[@alexandreb.1101]

Bottas' season vs Perez is what ultimately gave the WCC to Mercedes. Also he was the driver with the most engine penalties of anyone in the grid, purely for the sake of stress testing engines and it ultimately gave us Lewis' rocket engine in Brazil. And in the middle of this he still have us performances like Monza or Istanbul Also, yeah, of course he's a sitting duck when he's on worn tyres with a long overdue pitstop, trying to defend from a Max Verstappen with fresh ones. I thought the Valtteri hate bandwagon would be finished once the Golden Boy Russell was promoted to Merc but seems like I was wrong

[@sealette4888]

Only facts, Bottas lower than Perez is pretty wild. Bottas 14th worst driver this year blows my mind. He's so underrated throughout his career, not WDC material but very solid

[@JAMES-dv5ns]

Yeah this guy is just a hater , I mean he ranked Leclerc , Stroll, Ocon ,Russel higher.

[@santumi2298]

Yeah but dropping 7 places off the start in Azerbaijan does not bode well for him

[@HB.IN21]

@@JAMES-dv5ns What are you smoking? Leclerc had a great season in 2021.

[@jbstans]

Lewis definitely wasn't firing on all cylinders at the start of the year. He nicked some wins he should never have had, but he never felt on his A-game until the last quarter of the season. But when he brought it, ho boy did he bring it. Max was incredibly consistent all season long. I don't like the way he races but I can't dispute how fast and consistent he was. Lando, for me, felt like he got a bit lost mid season. He started incredibly. finished okay, but there was a really anonymous stint in the middle where the car was suddenly nowhere and he didn't seem to be doing anytihg special. I think, for me, I'd go something like: 1. Max Emlian. 2. Lewis. 3= Sainz 4= Norris I feel like Lando's best this season was incredible but he just needs to put a whole season together.

[@jimmy5516]

Max Emilian* but i love that you add in his second name. Many forget he is called Max Emilian Verstappen.

[@bevanmcnicholl2525]

Aggressive racing is how it should but I respect you for saying that about max

[@jbstans]

@@bevanmcnicholl2525 I agree about aggressive racing, and it’s an incredibly fine, subjective, line between ‘aggressive racing’ and ‘if you don’t get out of my way we’re having an accident’. For me Max was just fractionally the wrong side of that line more often than not this year.

[@nathanreynolds6459]

@@jbstans the "yield or we crash" mindset is what produces some of the best battles ever witnessed in F1, that is why the Prost-Senna title fights are still talked about to this day. It may have its disadvantages, like Lewis crashing into Max in Silverstone or the Jeddah saga, but it is great to see drivers like Max consistently do whatever it takes to win and succeed in winning titles. I respect your opinion though.

[@jbstans]

@@nathanreynolds6459 and I respect yours! Like I say it’s a fine line, and a very subjective one. Merry Christmas

[@ninjafrozr8809]

There's no way Lando had a better season than Sainz. And putting anyone between the titans of Max and Lewis is absolutely ridicilous. Also Ricciardo ahead of Bottas like wtf mate ? Honestly the only driver who had a worse season than Danny Ric is Mazepin.

[@timo-tee297]

Imagine putting someone between Lewis and Max 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 These guy were sooooo much faster than everyone else

[@aquila121]

Yeah--put Norris in the Mercedes car and I don't doubt he'd be fast, but Lewis is where he is for a reason; I say Hamilton would be him over a season in equal machinery. Lewis was on a tear at the end of the season, 25 positions back (effectively) in Brazil, and he made it work and got the win. Yes, he had mistakes, so did all these drivers, but he drove amazingly when it counted. He and Max both earned the driver's championship in different ways, and saying anyone did better than Lewis other than the one adversary he was always fighting against is ludicrous to me.

[@squalidseal6126]

Did Bottas even get a win? Nah. If you’re talking consistency then Ricciardo is probably worse than everyone. But he’s still actually managed to pull out SOME performances, especially towards the end of this season…

[@ninjafrozr8809]

@@squalidseal6126 I don't remember Bottas ever getting lapped by his teammate this season. And Bottas' teammate is a guy who would run laps around lando every day of the week. Just because Ricciardo got a win at Monza doesn't change how badly he underperformed all season. Just look at how good Lando's season was, Ricciardo should have equaled Lando in his worst days. That was the expectation from the honey badger.

[@squalidseal6126]

@@ninjafrozr8809 it’s okay though, because he will clap Lando next year. I’ll talk to you in June.

[@NOMACD]

Putting Bottas anywhere under p10 is just disingenuous. Almost every time he was to hold up Max he was on much MUCH older tires. I think it was a rough season for him but theres absolutely no chance hes less than p10, id say probably p8. And lets not just skip over how he was robbed of one definite win and one probable win by mercedes fucking up his strategy or pit stop.

[@curlyqv2467]

I agree with you, but you must also consider what Fernando or Sergio did when holding up Lewis in a much slower car or on much older tires respectively. He couldn’t pass Yuki Tsunoda on multiple occasions. He has the pace when he’s on his own (usually) but when he gets himself stuck in the pack he is abysmal

[@NOMACD]

@@curlyqv2467 agreed

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Getting raced by a Williams on pace is enough to put 11 drivers ahead of him

[@DeLaCroix1211]

Wasn't there at critical moments on many occasions, Perez wasn't much better overall but he was always there when Redbull really needed him

[@TommoMcCluskey]

The fan poll I made put him P12 so... 🤷‍♂️

[@noahmasozera7588]

Hey Tommo, when are we getting your 2022 predictions, constructors and drivers?!

[@michaelfolsom240]

He's waiting for testing since the teams could be anywhere performance wise, and wants some sort of baseline to go off of

[@TheOzelot11]

@@michaelfolsom240 I already proposed under his 2021 predictions reaction that he should do 2 prediction videos, one blindly guessing and one after testing with more info. Sort of an update. I'd really like to see it and it seems really entertaining to me.

[@jakenicholas5546]

@@TheOzelot11 yes

[@jbiluz]

@@TheOzelot11 "My 2022 Formula 1 Testing prediction" and "My 2022 Formula 1 Season prediction" videos lol

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Too early for that!

[@joshkhosrofian10]

These are my rankings: P1 Verstappen (no question the best this year, the most consistent and sometimes unbeatable, especially in Austria and Mexico) P2 Hamilton (a small step down from last year but still he's the best alongside Max, in the last 4 races he was unstoppable) P3 Sainz (just so consistent, finished every single race, with 4 podiums as well compared to 1 from Charles, to beat him is also a statement) P4 Norris (amazing in the first half of the season, guess he didn't have the car in the later stages to match his early form) P5 Gasly (just a standout in qualifying, really outdrove the car, really should be driving for a top team) P6 Leclerc (put the car on pole 2 straight times, aside from a few spins in practice/qualifying pretty solid, should have finished ahead of Carlos) P7 Alonso (experience and race craft was impeccable, to stand on the podium again was amazing, and his defense vs. Lewis was incredible) P8 Russell (the fact he got P2, P4, & P7 in qualifying with Williams is just amazing, but the strategy helped him a lot) P9 Perez (not always consistent, but was amazing putting pressure on Hamilton, the best teammate I've seen in a long time) P10 Ocon (amazing but fortunate P1, definitely a step up from last year) P11 Bottas (was pretty shocking early on, but he was quite unlucky, did some damage limitation on Max later on in the season, though could have done more) P12 Vettel (somewhat quiet season but still got P2 in Baku and would have in Hungary if not for the dsq, tbf he was driving the 7th fastest car) P13 Ricciardo (aside from his amazing P1 in Monza, a pretty forgettable season, dominated by Lando) P14 Schumacher (in the worst car, he actually wasn't too bad, a few spins here and there but he was driving a Haas) P15 Raikkonen (pretty meh season, nothing outstanding, didn't have the team to back him up) P16 Giovinazzi (had a few amazing qualifying sessions, but could never capitalize on some of the opportunities he had, team had bad strategies though) P17 Stroll (the most dull and nothing season from everyone on the grid, got into Q3 a few times and highest race finish was P6) P18 Latifi (quitely got better from last season, was also fortunate to score some points on 2 occassions, but still bottom 5) P19 Tsunoda (very fortunate to be in the AlphaTauri, where at times the he was rapid, but was so inconsistent) P20 Mazepin (obviously, not talented enough to be in F1)

[@arroe8386]

I think I would only switch Vettel and Bottas, but it is very difficult to compare drivers from different cars of course

[@danbishop1619]

I feel like Yuki should be a bit higher seeing as its his rookie season and when he was performing, he was performing great

[@BlackStarEOP]

Not too strange he was unstoppable. They just threw money at it and kept swapping engines. If Max didn't have that crash in silverstone, RBR would've used 3 engines only. That move by Mercedes was a desperate attempt. Could be considered cheating.

[@joshkhosrofian10]

@@danbishop1619 if I could rank it again, perhaps Yuki could be maybe between P14 or P17, on his best days he was fast but on his worst days he was dismal in some qualifying sessions, not even making it out of Q1. Ideally that car should be in Q2 at the least, but on a few occasions he was in Q3. So maybe I’d put him somewhere a bit higher, also unfair that Pierre Gasly was his teammate, which made him look worse than he was. But, compare him to Kyviat from the prior season, Kyviat was a tad bit more consistent even if he wasn’t as rapid, and I’d put Kyviat pretty low in the 2020 rankings, like bottom 5 for sure, so I can still see why he’s P19 this year, but I’m general he has a lot of talent.

[@jrcrawford3036]

Happier with this ranking 👍

[@abdullahsinan.]

Vettel is so underrated. Got that Aston Martin ( 7th best car) to multiple top 5 positions and was always in contention for strong points against much faster cars. If Lando or George did what Seb did this year everyone would be talking about how good they did with their poor car.

[@avocadosfrommexico4774]

EXACTLY. Thank you

[@joshbrownmovies]

Couldn’t agree more 🙌🏼

[@rohitrkowshik7747]

Man you are spitting facts, totally agree

[@alteregotje2491]

Tbh you don't become a world champion multiple times if you don't have the skills to do it. Obviously Vettel still has skills

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

Always in contention? He has less point finishes then Lance and wasn't consistent at all this season.

[@NightMareVent]

Okay now i'm gonna say it, literally everyone dosen't analyze antonio's season. He could've had double the points of kimi if it wasn't for his team's shit strategies. I'm not gonna stay here listing all the races where he could've scored points but there's easily over 10 races where he was contenting for p10-9-8, if you don't believe me go check yourself

[@areebsiddiqui758]

No there wasn't. Don't talk nonsense. Sure he's had 2-3 bad strategies but they didn't even matter aside from Mexico. That's the only one where he was guaranteed to score points. This lousy excuse needs to stop. Giovianzzi wasn't good enough, plain and simple.

[@man_imbored171]

could haves arent good enough m8, results speak i get he was fucked over but he still wasnt amazing

[@andyvettel4375]

Absolutely agree ,even tommo said he fucked up in zandvort but it was actually the team who pitted him in the 7th lap for no reason

[@ericroshaan4569]

@@man_imbored171 there really isn't much you can do in that car. And unlike Williams, they didn't really have much luck. That's not a car that can consistently challenge for good point. But everytime he had a chance to bring in some big points, something happened. At Monza, yes, he messed up, but I can think of Zandvoort and a few other races where he got super unlucky. Add to this the bad strategy calls, and there really was not a lot he could've done.

[@joshkhosrofian10]

I totally agree, I would say Giovinazzi definitely had a better season than Latifi, Tsunoda, Schumacher, and Stroll. Him v. Kimi is debatable. Tsunoda & Schumacher are rookies and just getting their feet in the water. Latifi and Stroll never had any standout race or qualifying performances, whereas Gio got into Q3 quite a few times. The Alfa Romeo was simply disappointing, that car was much faster than the Williams, but their strategies were trash, which cost him many points over the season. It's no wonder they've had to go and sign Zhou because whatever they're doing at the moment isn't working, so they're just gonna need to fix their problems with more money lol

[@mikkhaili]

Bottas finishing P3 and helping the team win another WCC with all the bad luck he's had was pretty impressive. And he was still one of the best qualifiers. What more can you ask from a no. 2 driver? No one in that seat would seriously challenge Lewis or Max for the title this year.

[@Alex-yu9wc]

100 % agree Bottas: 11 Podiums Perez: 5 Podiums and he puts perez ahead wtf

[@spen8259]

@BleBBie 11 podiums to 5 is pretty convincing in favour of valtteri

[@nicolaslabra2225]

@@Alex-yu9wc bottas knows the car and rhe team like the back of his hand, perez was on his first ever year at red bull, aaand the merc was better.

[@alexandreb.1101]

@@nicolaslabra2225 the Merc wasn't better, according to the man Adrian Newey himself.

[@Alex-yu9wc]

@@nicolaslabra2225 true and I think Perez has a lot of potential but this season Bottas was better in my opinion.

[@Moray2023]

We all know one thing that can unit the F1 fan base after a title battle. Mazepin 20th.

[@proffesionalretard]

Should have been 21st because kubica did a better job in 2 races than mazepin did the whole season 😂

[@endthisnonsense7202]

21st Actually. Remember Kubica?

[@Moray2023]

We all know Kubica should be 0 as he was a level above everyone else making Mazepin still 20th. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@endthisnonsense7202]

@@Moray2023 In 20th place the 21st entry on the list, sure, no issue with that...

[@gabrielmayor5879]

I think Norris was put too high, had he continued his early season form then sure, but I mean after the summer break he was nowhere, yes he was unlucky but still. Still I also believe Pierre should have been higher, I mean he was fighting Ferrari and Mclarens with a shittier car and often poorer strategy.

[@Alex-hr2qq]

He was on for a pole in spa where it shouldve been red flagged. Russia was his fault but he drove great all weekend up to that point. Brazil puncture which he couldnt really avoid. Qatar puncture. Saudi screwed over with the safety cars and red flags. Abu dhabi puncture. Personally think p3 with carlos in p2 would be a more fair result

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@Alex-hr2qq hi Alex.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@gibbon.enthusiast hi mbrown23. Whats up?

[@mitchfromtheinternet297]

7:07 - “his worst season against Lewis” Dude, he won 1 race this year and came third in the championship, in 2018 he won no races and came fifth. 🤦‍♂️ Good list though bud, agree with the rankings. 👍

[@theglitch312]

In 2018 he had Vettel, Kimi (sometimes) and on occasion, both RBR cars to fight with. Now, it was basically only Max and sometimes Perez he had to beat. One win isn’t great, and his points gap to Lewis is significantly larger this year. Moreover, he needed Lewis to be sent to the shadow realm to win Turkey. Maybe 2018 was worse, but not by a lot.

[@mitchfromtheinternet297]

@@theglitch312 oh don’t you worry chap, I watched both seasons, you don’t have to explain it. So your conclusion is 2018 was indeed worse… so you’ve agreed with me? Cool, glad we got to the bottom of that conundrum. 🤣

[@SixJayy]

@@mitchfromtheinternet297 you don't have to be such a smartass dude

[@mitchfromtheinternet297]

@@SixJayy How am I being a smartass, I’m hardly reciting Phil Hill’s 1961 season am I pal, this was only 3 years ago, we all remember 2018. 🤦‍♂️ … well, apart from about half of Lewis’ “fans” who only started watching recently. 🤣

[@ChaosArises]

I'm always curious where all the British fans would rank Bottas if George Russell wasn't slotted for Merc. Again, not a fan of him, but the slag he gets day in and out basically comes from most British fans who want George there.

[@HENZEK1]

Yeah, way Imola incident was completely ignored by British media and fans tells it all. Imagine if it had been Mazepin or Alonso hitting another driver in the head after a crast that they themself caused. The outrage would have been massive but since it was the British golden boy it was completely ignored except in r/formuladank funnily enough.

[@morejaeru]

@@HENZEK1 ok but you do remember that Bottas was fighting against Williams for 10th place, while his teammate was leading the race (Lewis hadn't done the mistake yet when the crash happened)

[@Randomperson-zt3il]

As a Brit (& Hamilton fan) he’s one of the top drivers at the moment! He’s really good and severely underrated along with Sebastian Vettel!

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@morejaeru He was in 2nd, not leading.

[@morejaeru]

@@areebsiddiqui758 well close enough

[@Sarah_2094]

I agree with all your rankings except for Norris. He’s really good when he’s performing well but as soon as a bad race happens he shuts down for the next 4 races and blames it on his team. I feel like he has the most potential within the young guns but his biggest enemy is himself. I would replace him with Carlos’ ranking cuz Sainz joined a sh** team and completely turned it around and worked really hard to score and came back stronger every time.

[@364doubleplay]

Disagree. Carlos had a really good season but I think Lando had a better one and deserved to be 2nd in the rankings. The only reason he wasn't 5th in the drivers was the unlikiest second half of the season of any driver. He continued to out qualify Daniel and had 2 punctures, a bad timed red flag, and an unfortunate starting collision

[@collin4596]

British bias, don’t listen to those insane guys, they put brits way higher than they should.

[@collin4596]

Not to mention he said lando was clear of max in the first 10 races 😂 deluded

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Norris would have been clear in P5 for the drivers if he didn't have so much bad luck in the last few races. Most of it wasn't his fault. This is just recency bias nonsense. Norris had a phenomenal year. Don't forget most people at the start of the year expected him to be beaten by Danny Ric.

[@samarth8323]

Im not British or anything but Norris didn't lose his driving skills after Russia. Hes had really rotten luck in the second half of the season, and still beat leclerc and barely missed out on best of the rest

[@domparish8434]

there’s no way mick has been better than latifi this season

[@namanshetty2352]

ikr

[@VGRU-iv2bv]

Latifi is P1 for me after that amazing abu dhabi result

[@nicolasortega5254]

I mean he did outquakify his teammate 21-1 and latifi was outqualified 2-20

[@danielpedersen5168]

@@nicolasortega5254 there is quite a difference between having George Russell and Mazepin as your team mate

[@nicolasortega5254]

@@danielpedersen5168 true, but still… latifi was out qualified way too much

[@gabrieleg52]

I agree with most of the ranking, but I think lewis deserved p2. I know he made sone errors and wasn’t in his best form for most of the season but all the good results throughout the races were astonishing. Even though I was ruling for Max the whole season I think Lewis deserves more credits for the strenght he showed by defending against the most competitive driver that was Max this year.

[@Lm10goatt]

I partially agree, but lando definitely deserves P2 here. Lewis made many mistakes, and the only reason he wasn’t punished for it was due to him having luck, or max having bad luck. He had an amazing 2nd half of the season, but that’s also when they had the faster car. He made many mistakes, which could’ve been really costly, but due to luck they weren’t. Norris was far better in the first half, and in the second half didn’t really have the car to compete against Ferrari. Norris definitely deserves this P2

[@Brenooliveira072]

It really depends on how each person value pressure when talking about performance. Lewis was under extreme pressure all year with every spotlight on him being the defending champion and fighting against the quickest young talent on the Grid in the most complete team+mechanics package for a championship. Meanwhile once Norris started to regularly beat Ricciardo there wasn't that much pressure, therefore less mistakes. For me Lewis and Max were the two best drivers this year by a titanic margin for that reason, with Norris and Sainz behind.

[@nashefore1912]

​@@Lm10goatt Luck on him for surviving silverstone but also luck on max for getting p2 in russia cause of the rain. bad luck for max's tire blowing up...but also bad luck for lewis cause the race at spa was not actuallly a race. bad luck that max got taken out by vallteri...but bad luck to lewis who had the rules bent to put him in the loosing scenario. Its so clear that each driver had their fair share of untargeted bad luck and luck. but its still worth giving credit to lewis for win the title at the end of the year because he should have won that race😌

[@arroe8386]

It's almost impossible to really rank the performances with how different the cars are

[@Lm10goatt]

@@nashefore1912 listen, they both have bad certain moments of bad luck, or FIA making bad decisions against them. But if compare how many times max has been unlucky, and how much that costs him, and compare that to Hamilton, you can clearly tell who’s been the most unlucky. Hamilton had his lucky moments, red flag after crashing in imola. Not DNF’ing after high speed crash at Silverstone + red flag to repair his car. Etc. Max did not have those lucky moments

[@parthgarg4906]

Common man, valterri was their experimental rat, his 3 traces were ruined just because of the engine change. And yet at end of the season he had a sh*tty engine as toto said he couldn't have achieved more with that engine in the final race. And he is just in the mental state of being a second driver, Not challenging lewis. A sincere servant one might say. He deserves a lil bit higher on that list.

[@Minisquatch1]

Way too much credit to Mick imo. His only job all season was to ride around and not crash the car while the team was struggling financially. He struggled to do that on many occasions. I understand it is difficult to judge him because he had no competition but there is no logic that can convince me he had a better season then even Gio, Kimi and Latifi. Drivers all had different goals but Mick didn't do a great job achieving his in my opinion.

[@OhHiyal]

With all the engines, bad luck and strategy calls, Bottas finishing p3 definitely deserves a higher rank

[@KristianDabeski]

He should get away from f1 now because bottas was much better than perez, bottas had like 16 engine penalties

[@Brossano22]

I think Bottas confidence wasn't good at all. Like Seb last season. Valtteri knew that he will not win titles alongside Hamilton because Mercedes preferred Lewis all the time.. And he knew that he wouldn't drive for Merc 2022 so his psyche dropped and the subconscious played a big part to on his performance..

[@saiyerugara9038]

I think post-Hungary, Bottas was quite good.

[@edgiebraahhh7280]

Can we stop this whole „because Mercedes preferred Hamilton“ thing? Bottas knew he couldn’t win a title because Hamilton was clearly the better driver, not because the team wanted Hamilton in front of him

[@walterhartwellwhite6788]

@@edgiebraahhh7280 You missed the "Valtteri it's James" radio calls. Right?

[@edgiebraahhh7280]

@@walterhartwellwhite6788 you mean the ones he gets after being 100 points behind Lewis after 6-7 races?

[@walterhartwellwhite6788]

@@edgiebraahhh7280 Same reason he was behind Lewis for all these years

[@priestmarmore6750]

- Bottas was far better then Riccardo - Lando was worse then Pierre (Sure, he had a good start but he also had a terrible ending and the same way you can argue that Ferrari had the new engine, you can also argue that that's why he was so dominant at the beginning) - Yuki in front of Kimi. Although his start was terrible he showed great improvement at the end but didn't delivered sometimes because of the terrible strategy by Ferrari (I mean AlphaTauri)

[@krebshahngaming5099]

bruh lando had sm bad luck in the second half and lost a win, 2 chances of podiums, aswell as losing pole at spa due to michael masi not putting out a red flag and him aquaplaining over standing water up the steepest and most dangerous corner in f1.

[@christybyrne9844]

Pretty harsh on Lewis, yes some mistakes but also some of the best drives we’ve ever seen, I think he was well clear of lando

[@mitchmay3867]

As a post 2017 f1 fan this season really did a number for Fernando in my eyes. From my perspective everything about Fernando was all talk and no results and he seemed like a unlikeable person. But this year was the complete opposite. He constantly was positive on radio and interviews. Put up good results based on car pace. It seemed almost like a completely different person

[@jamiewright847]

i think something must have clicked in fernando in his time away, maybe he's just been happy to be back in f1 again but whatever the reason he's been so much more positive and more of a team player than i can ever remember him being

[@Guilherme-hq9xn]

His time at WEC made him less stressed and more open to the "team play".

[@Dan-tn1fl]

Fernando has been the same. There was no change at all. I just think because of his Mclaren days, you guys and most of the F1 fans started to underestimate him and his talent. He absolutely killed Vandoorne, who mind you was a very dominant and talked about upcoming f2 driver. So I really don't get why Alonso's performances were getting doubted..

[@jamiewright847]

@@Dan-tn1fl his performances havent been doubted this year, at least not imo, but his whole demeanour has changed. theres been no "gp2 engine, ahhh" this year or anything, but instead he's been much more of a team player and been pushing to develop alpine further

[@prateekgill27]

@@Dan-tn1fl exactly. Fernando was never "all talk, no results". Dude drove the hell out of miserable cars. People and especially media overhype the fact that he shat on his teams publicly very often but it was rarely the case. Even at mclaren honda, he never blamed the team over the radio. All the time he let out his anger against the engine manufacturer, honda. Well if you give a proven champion a crap of a car year after year you cannot expect him to take it with a smile on his face.

[@maticticar798]

14th its just disrespectful to bottas. He is the reason that mercedes won their constructors championship. It wouldn't have been done without him and i get it that his season wasn't the best but he still finished 3rd overall. 14th its just way to low for him.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

He is the reason of course... by smashing both Red Bulls in Hungary

[@maticticar798]

@@Duval-In-The-Wall or by outscoring checo for more than max did lewis so they won the championship

[@israel4101]

The reason we give Perez a pass is because “maybe” the car was designed around max, but the same logic doesn’t apply for Bottas.

[@sheldoniusRex]

Five years in and either the driver or the car should have been adapted.

[@60037894]

Yeah. Because Russell jumped in the car and smacked the grid on their ass..

[@ll_ll4986]

I mean bottas did have years of experience in the team prior to this year while Pérez just joined the team this year. And yet Pérez still beat Bottas in many occasions. I would say they were ranked pretty fairly

[@Pablo-ul1gu]

just guessin, but the way George jumped in that car last season, I dont't think there is any way someone could jump in the Red Bull and do the same

[@sheldoniusRex]

@@alunesh12345 I'd rather not.

[@patfix]

In Abu Dhabi (after qualifying) Toto said to Bottas ‘good job considering the engine’, which makes me think VB had an degraded engine the final race(s). Might have something to do with his poor performance mainly the last few races.

[@theglitch312]

It’s true. Bottas had an extremely worn engine at Abu Dhabi. I think it was a PU from Bahrain even! He lost about 0.2-0.3s a lap on power alone, and was blitzed on the straights by Alpha Tauri. He had a crippled car. Mercedes’ strategy of giving him engines and destroying them to test the best modes for Lewis’ engine kinda blew up in their face. Bottas trundling around in 6th place may’ve lost them the WDC...

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

Don forget he had 6 engine pens like what can you expect if u obviously don give him a god treatment

[@AJwiththeAK]

British bias putting Carlos behind Lando even tho they got nearly similar results, Carlos finished the season ahead in points. And Carlos is driving a Ferrari for the first time while Lando is the #1 driver in a car thats built around him.

[@maklareniarz]

My Rankings: P1 Verstappen P2 Sainz P3 Hamilton P4 Norris P5 Gasly P6 Alonso P7 Leclerc P8 Russell P9 Perez P10 Ocon P11 Vettel P12 Bottas P13 Ricciardo P14 Stroll P15 Tsunoda P16 Schumacher P17 Latifi P18 Raikkonen P19 Giovinazzi P20 Mazepin

[@maticticar798]

I think latifi deserves a bit higher tbh

[@TheOzelot11]

Leclerc > Alonso, Latifi > Schumacher and Tsunoda, Hamilton > Sainz, other than that I'd agree.

[@hashirrasheedhaider6508]

@@TheOzelot11 bruh Tsunoda????? You have to be kidding me!!

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Mick, who beat his teammate 21-1 is below Tsunoda, who got beat by his teammate 21-1 🤔

[@maticticar798]

@@Duval-In-The-Wall not hard beating nikita. Every driver on the grid would have done that.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Bottas is way too low. Putting him behind Ricciardo makes me think you didn't even watch the season. Russell and Mick need to be a little bit lower as well.

[@mitch9225]

Think Norris’ rating is a little bit generous. Yes the Ferrari improved, but he also tanked it performance wise on a personal level on more than one occasion; plenty of errors. Also think Leclerc had probably the poorest season we’ll see him have anytime soon. Some great drives, but also some very poor showings. And Leclerc is my boy. Counting on him to become a race winner again in 2022.

[@ylias8993]

Yeah me too. Charles by no means had a bad season, but the standard for him is much higher (at least for me). He felt a bit lethargic, like he wants to get the season over with and start working on the next as soon as possible. Next year will be great for our boy i think

[@frahman1963]

His luck this season was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Easily lost over 60 points.

[@mitch9225]

@@ylias8993 yeah, combination of bad luck and some uncharacteristic, poor driving at some points. just couldn’t seem to catch a break for whatever reason. I think the new regs and Sainz being so solid should give him the rocket he needs next season

[@mitch9225]

@@frahman1963 yeah luck definitely played a part, I think. I think if he’d had some better fortune, his performances wouldn’t have dipped quite the same. Baku and Monaco were both tough to take, Silverstone too.

[@frahman1963]

@@mitch9225 strategy screwed him a lot too. I don’t think he drove badly at any point in the season but he could do nothing with his strategy and just luck in general

[@adriencharbonnel9687]

Not sure about Norris, yes he had a very good start of the season, but let's be honest despite the bad luck he had on the second half, I'm not sure that his pace and commitment was really there

[@placeholder2924]

8:22 I'd like to note that you shouldn't encourage a misunderstanding there about Grosjean. That was because Romain got involved in six previous incidents in the same season and then took out a bunch of drivers in Spa. It's a common misunderstanding that people think that's the sole reason for his race ban that year.

[@thomasforde3900]

Personally I can’t believe you have Bottas that far down, I know he’s not a top 3 F1 driver but he had a fantastic second half of the season, particularly in Turkey where he was the fastest car on track by a decent distance. Of course the head to head with Lewis looks terrible, as he was under team orders multiple times and also is not one of the F1 🐐 like Hamilton is. Imo, he is better than a lot of mid tier drivers who couldn’t even sniff Lewis during qualifying and would be starting way off the front of the grid. Russell has bigger boots to fill than he realises, and it’ll be interesting to see how he manages

[@kenrichards333]

Controversial one but this season - Sainz and Gasly > Norris. I'd put it 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Sainz 4. Gasly 5. Norris

[@callumlay1190]

Think Kimi’s is the harshest. Would’ve been above Russell if Belgium had gone ahead and did really well to get 10 points in the constructors. Yeah he had a few really poor mistakes but he should definitely be above Latifi and Schumacher, maybe even Tsunoda. Really good video as always but Kimi P18 was criminal.

[@maroc-al-helmidi]

Had Belgium gone ahead who is to say George wouldn’t have gotten 15 points?

[@Martooo251]

@@maroc-al-helmidi Everyone is to say George wouldn’t have got a podium. There isn’t a hope he’d have held on to that position if it was an actual race

[@maroc-al-helmidi]

@@Martooo251 yeah that’s the probable outcome. But why should Kimi have stayed in the points?

[@Martooo251]

@@maroc-al-helmidi Kimi didn’t score any points in Belgium he got eliminated in q1

[@mnokov2554]

dont know that

[@AaryanPrakash]

How could Bottas be 14th when he Out-Qualified Lewis Quite Often and did his job of being P3 at least While Perez was in P5 for most of the season and cost Redbull the Constructors Nothing against Perez but Bottas has been better Just my opinion though

[@anameyoucantremember]

The thing with Bottas is, it was his 5th year with Merc, while Perez his 1st with RB. Adaptation matters. With the exception of maybe Sainz, everybody else who switched teams struggled badly. Also, Merc had undoubtedly the best all around package this year. Perez did not "cost RB the constructors". If anything, Perez put them back in the fight. Just remember last year RB finished 254 points behind Merc. 254. Let that sink in. This year was a 28 point gap, and it could have been closer if they do not reitre Perez in Abu Dhabi for the sake of Max (or they could have won it if Bottas did not go bowling at Hungary or Max did not DNF due to puncture in Baku or due to Hamilton at Silverstone). Perez was not at his best but you could see he was at least trying and fighting that RB back, and it's fair to say he actually tamed the seat by his 2nd half of the season. Bottas tho was just apathetic and it was cringe to see him just sitting in midfield doing nothing worth mentioning, in a Merc. If this season Bottas had been on a McLaren or a Ferrari, with that attitude, he would have finished like P12 in the WDC, or lower.

[@rizzoli7]

wrong. Perez was P3 for the first stint of the season. Then he fell off and on again.

[@AaryanPrakash]

@@rizzoli7 Bottas literally got double the podiums Sergio did. What's your point?

[@eugenearmenis2431]

No way Norris is ahead of Hamilton. Hamilton and Verstappen were on a whole different league from the others they should 1st and 2nd (in any order). Also Bottas was much better than Perez

[@j_artero2901]

I think he just put him that high up because he knows him but if was someone else definitely p4 to p7 at least

[@endthisnonsense7202]

Well, it is for sure that Norris' relative delivery compared to his own and his cars capability was better than Hamilton's. That part surely you cant disagree too?

[@GTDCYT]

Tommo “by the end of of the season his performance was much better” Ric: Qatar P12, Saudi Arabia P5, AbuDhabi P12

[@elliot1111]

I think the only time it was excusable was Abu Dhabi as he was boxed in that sc period and then was not allowed to unlap himself under the safety car. However as you have mentioned he has just been quite bad this entire season with that one off in monza being the only positive this year

[@TheOzelot11]

Hey Tommo I already proposed this under your 2021 predictions video, but could you do two 2022 prediction videos? You said you wanted to wait for testing, but I actually think taking a blind guess might be fun. And after testing you could do an updated prediction video + reaction. Only proposing this again because I was quite late with my comment under the last video. A lot of people liked my original comment (>800 last time I checked), so I'd say the demand is there. :)

[@urnotthatguypal441]

I think Lewis' run of form at the end, with the 4 (should have been 5) race wins at the end, with Brazil the highlight drive, allowing him to fight for the title at Abu Dhabi puts him above Lando for me. He came so clutch.

[@aryanru]

yes but how much of that was due to the new engine, the Mercedes was clearly the fastest car on the grid

[@Flay293]

@@aryanru That affects everyone, Max seemed worse in those last races too, his terrorism moves in Brazil and Saudi, he bottled the quali in Saudi as well and was mediocre at Abu Dhabi. The same with Norris, he fell off once Ferrari upgraded and became faster. Drivers look worse when battling a faster car because they're pushing harder and are more tense. Max was clearly better this season, but Lewis edges Norris for me.

[@aryanru]

@@coreyrod rb wasn’t faster at most races did you forget Imola, Portugal, Spain, Bahrain, France, Hungary, Silverstone, Spa, Italy, Russia, Turkey, USA?

[@aryanru]

@@Flay293 I agree Lewis was 100% better than Norris, but people acting like Verstappen fell off in the final 4 races are lying

[@TheRealNishil]

@@Flay293 didn’t Lewis shunt max into the wall at silverstone with an impact of 51g’s? Talk about ‘terrorism moves’ but don’t mention that? And you can’t say that was Max’s fault because you could quite say that the Saudi Arabia thing was lewis’ teams fault for not informing him. Not a max fan just pointing out the double standard with the statement!

[@glophey801]

Valtteri going that far under Sergio is a crime imo, but unlike F1 Twitter I can respect your opinion.

[@f1nleyt736]

I think Lewis has had an incredibly underrated season. Only he could have made races that close when red bull had the better car. Races like Bahrain, USA, France

[@kylekraemer1151]

Nah, not Austin. Merc had the better package there. The rb strategy won them that race

[@celticsfan1554]

Norris ahead of Hamilton lmao what a joke

[@Glumandino]

20. You 19. Can 18. Not 17. Rate 16. Drivers 15. They 14. Have 13. Different 12. Cars 11. Also 10. Luck 9. Plays 8. A 7. Huge 6. Role 5. Therefore 4. Stop 3. Ranking 2. The 1. Goatifi

[@mirano15]

Truth

[@joshuaowusu2362]

I am convinced that Tommo despises Bottas to the limit. Always bringing him down.

[@rmh4456]

I don’t get why bottas is lower than Perez even tho he sealed the constructors for mercedes

[@nikohiltunen5675]

@@rmh4456 recency bias. In abu dhabi perez was absolutely better than bottas and thats all what some people remember..

[@kazimierzrobaczynski9964]

ok but this season was miserable for bottas im sorry

[@joshuaowusu2362]

@@rmh4456 Excatly

[@dubsteak]

@@rmh4456 bottas has been at Mercedes for way longer than Perez has been at rb, last year he basically lost a race to Russell who never drove that car and he was nowhere near Lewis' pace in races this year

[@Saxe_AXRL]

I must say with Daniel. I wasn’t expecting much. I think everyone forgets 2019. He struggled all year and started to preform at the end same as 21. All that difference was the teammate. Next year should be his potential

[@charlesroberge261]

Rating Lance Stroll in P19 at the end of the video just proves how much the driver is overhated. Rating him P12 was fair. Not the best season, he proved last year he is capable with a great car, but he was more consistent than Seb. Lets agree this season was not impressive, but absolutely not a disaster. I mean P16 yuki in fift best car VS P19 Stroll in the 7th and stroll ahead in point... must be a joke a joke. Lance is a great dude and deserves way more respect. Otherwise i think its a great ranking tommo ! Very interesting

[@luuduonghy659]

I do not agree. The issue is he was making too many incident. Three incident with Vettel at Russia, Monza, Zandvoort and the incident at Hungary is what prevent Stroll. Also he caused incident at Baku and Mexico in qualifying(Otherwise he would be nearly at same pace as his teammate) So overall he had bad season

[@85therealdeal]

Stroll is not fit for F1.

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

@@luuduonghy659 He didn't touch Vettel in Zandvoort lol. And Russia didn't even matter in results. Considering he used the argument to put Lance 12th is bcs he is in his 5th season. And then put Vettel in P11 while he is in his 14th season, struggling with Lance Stroll and being super inconsistent.😂

[@luuduonghy659]

@@RobertDoornbosF1 Stroll did block Vettel though when Vettel try to overtake him, and nobody would do that in this case

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

@@luuduonghy659 oh yeah forgot that my bad. Not as bad as Mazepin in Baku tho

[@andyvettel4375]

The Norris and Russel ratings are hilarious ,

[@borismuller86]

I have a lot more time for Norris than Russel. I think he’s going to disappoint at Mercedes. Just wait.

[@andyvettel4375]

@@borismuller86 we will see , all that depends on mclaren and their car

[@elianioriofarrell]

As long as Charles is top 8 I'm happy 😂 edit: a fair place to put him but in my personal **opinion** (take note of that word random commenters, just giving my own take on it), he still performed better than Gasly, and as you said Sainz, but I agree Sainz deserves to be rated higher even if Charles was better in terms of performance, but for me Gasly and Leclerc could be interchanged. I also feel if the last race with bad strategy didn't go the way it went, then Charles would be getting celebrated, because that strategy cost him the p5 even if he still finished 1 or 2 positions behind Carlos, which is a shame but as he said, better it happens this season then a season where a championship could be involved. Great video as usual, it already feels like f1 has been gone for months, and it's only been a week 😬

[@bizarrebunny5579]

Lance Stroll has had the most nothing season ever, he went bowling in Hungary, crashed into everyone in Turkey, got memed in Monaco and blowout in Baku, but apart from that- what did he acc do this season?? Like the most non existent and non eventful season it’s lowkey impressive. Tbf Turkey was iconic when he was shouting he was fine as he crashed but he was just the definition of there

[@jeffhazard325]

Crashed into Vettel when he got bored

[@Shiggiesmalls02]

the fact seb can spin out in a few races and then race himself back in front of stroll (zandvoort comes to mind) speaks to the levels of bad stroll is

[@elianioriofarrell]

and yet despite your insults he finished 9 points behind Seb?

[@morejaeru]

Yeah, Stroll had the most mediocre season out of anyone else. Not bad, not good either. He definitely should had delivered more, but obviously it is really hard to think of what ifs, when Aston Martin was 7th fastest car most of the season and even 8th fastest in last two races.

[@joshkhosrofian10]

Agreed, Stroll is probably bottom 3 or 5 this season. Not a horrible season, but exactly what you said, the most nothing season, no standout performances, just mediocre. The most we saw from him was when the cameraman mistakenly "Strolled" everyone in Monaco 🤣

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

What’s amazing is that the bottom 3 drivers here were effectively relegated lmao Replaced by Albon, Zhou and KMAG

[@alparabacoglu3149]

I think the only shock for me in this ranking was Lando. Yes he started the year really strong, I was impressed and happy. But after that second half and everything you explained, the drop was massive in my opinion. And that plays a heavy impact on my scenario. I think he's up there but not high as no:2. And I feel like I would have ranked Pierre higher than him.

[@emilesagot6992]

Bottas had a better season than dannny and Perez

[@MVnothing18]

I think that Lando had an amazing season but during the second half he just had bad luck, like in Spa, a red flag should have been called but instead, he became the red flag, in Sochi, the rain at the end completely screwed him over, in Brazil, he had a puncture of the line, in Qatar he had a puncture remove him from the top 5 positions, in Jeddah, the safety car transition to the red flag brought him down from possibly getting a podium to fighting to get back to the points, and in Yas Marina, he once again was faced with another puncture that ruined another top 5 and possibly another podium. This in my opinion was a incredible year for him but was just hit with bad luck towards the end of the season

[@milan5625]

I feel that mick rookie season is massively overrated, yes he beat his teammate but he was p19 when mazepin was p20 so... yes he has potential, he is very likeable but it doesn't count in a season rating

[@suggestiveguy]

He got into q2 with that shitbox,thats enough for me to think he deserves atleast p15,however Lattifi Probably should be ahead of Mick

[@milan5625]

@@suggestiveguy agree on the latifi part

[@alfonsoaparicio2833]

@@suggestiveguy he crashed so many times this year... much more than nikita. Latifi underrated

[@andyvettel4375]

@@suggestiveguy agree ,tommo did gio and latifi dirty

[@ruralbrands3355]

@@alunesh12345 Amen😃😃🙏

[@ellb-w5076]

Brilliant video as always! I was wondering if during the off season you could do a few videos looking at how different championships through the years would be with the different point systems that have been in place through the years? Such as this year with the 1st = 10 pts, 2nd = 8 pts, etc and earlier seasons with the current 1st = 25, 2nd = 18. 🙂

[@michaelfierman3256]

Well merry Christmas then Tommo! You really helped make my first season watching the sport that much more special.

[@GuacJuan]

Haven’t watched it yet but please go easy on Danny Ric, I can’t take anymore pain after seeing his ‘owning Monaco’ prediction.

[@paoaiipi5580]

Nope

[@rmh4456]

Danny ric was so off it this season

[@greybo4034]

@@rmh4456 ya..with regulations change good to seen more from our boy

[@bizarrebunny5579]

Oh that HURT

[@bluengold3443]

You'll need some copium, friend

[@lakshsatvikveeramachaneni3704]

Next video:if squarespace joined f1 Main sponsor tommo

[@LordViktorHun88]

Norris 2nd?! Come on, I dislike Hamilton very much, but P2 is his. The way he drove since Brazil were just incredible, and yes, he performed nowhere near Max in the course of the whole season, but they both smashed the others, because they competed for the title right until the end. Also I think Sainz is 3rd, Norris 4th.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Hamilton made more stupid mistakes than Norris across a season

[@BerSirius]

In Brazil he had a car that was 2 seconds faster than the rest of the field, that's not incredible.

[@timwerschmoller2937]

technically speaking, when Norris crashed in Belgium, Russell did just go through there 10 seconds earlier with full throttle on inters (Norris was on full-wets), so there is a point to be made that the crash was just a driver error.

[@yashbhootda5496]

Considering the fact that both merc and rb over the course of the entire season had almost an equal car and bottas finished above checo in drivers' standings, he doesn't deserver p14 and in terms of quali , yes he might have not been able to convert those quali positions to race positions but he definitely was a thorn in rb's race strategies by consistently qualifying right behind lewis and max

[@iandonaldson4]

If Mick wasn’t Michael’s son he’d be a lot lower on this list in my opinion. Feels like he’s immune to criticism

[@Bobby09LFC]

He drove in a shit box, only finished below Mazepin when he had issues or crashed, and at times was on pace with the Williams and Alfa in last years car, I think his last name is making you think less of his performances

[@michaelsanderson9562]

I think Leclerc is probably the driver to watch next season. We know how good he is at his best; as Tommo said, quite possibly third quickest on the grid. His Achilles heel was his consistency and tendency to make mistakes, and in the latter half of 2021 we saw very little of that. If Ferrari get the car right next year I think he’ll be a title contender

[@Sinnerage]

It’s tough for Charles some luck he’s had, and I know Monaco he binned it, but the team didn’t find the problem, which really sucks. Hungary was over at turn 1 thanks to Stroll. Russia and Turkey strategy calls both ruined his points. As well as Abu Dhabi they pit him for mediums for what? He lost track position was was lucky to finish with a point. Performance wise he was better than Sainz and that’s a fact.

[@awak6n]

How do you rate Bottas lower than Perez, when the WCC was the battle of the 2nd drivers, Bottas had incredibly shit luck and still managed to outperform Perez

[@mryancharcoal]

what ive been noticing is that Lando starts off the season good then falls off towards the end whether through luck or not. Last year was the same, but he dropped off quicker then he did this year. When he manages to pull a full season worth of his season starting pace, that will be a deadly season for everyone else.

[@j_pap9749]

Tommo: Yuki and Mick had the most shunts this season. Mazepin crashing in New season testing: Let me introduce myself.

[@elianioriofarrell]

My top 10 when taking luck and performance into account, not just bandwagon views or final result based views or recency biased views. 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Leclerc 4. Norris 5. Sainz 6. Gasly 7. Bottas 8. Perez 8. Alonso 10. Ocon

[@DeLaCroix1211]

Sainz needs to be switched with Leclerc

[@0hvanny383]

Gio would be there if he wasn't unlucky

[@rahulallam65]

@@DeLaCroix1211 I guess you did not see "luck" mentioned in the comment. And don't even mention the points Carlos lost. It's nothing close to how many Charles lost.

[@elianioriofarrell]

@@DeLaCroix1211 no because this is my opinion, don't come in demanding things. Child. Key word is "luck".

[@elianioriofarrell]

@@0hvanny383 in p11 or p12 yes, but not top 10 imo

[@em4945]

Leclerc only being an average of 7.18 and sainz being 8.73 proves people's recency bias. He was even with leclerc for the last 6 weekends but for the other 16 weekends leclerc was well clear of him.

[@elianioriofarrell]

exactly, recent bias to the Max, also don't forget that Leclerc still beat him in the races for most of the last 6. He only lost the p5 because once again he scored low points because of strategy on a weekend where Carlos half lucked into a high points scoring podium

[@saiyerugara9038]

I don't know about well clear but he was ahead of him more often than not.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

My man giving credit to Verstappen and Lando 😁 Big ups Tommo

[@EJH1]

Great video! My personal list is: P1: Verstappen P2: Hamilton P3: Sainz P4: Norris P5: Gasly P6: Perez P7: Leclerc P8: Alonso P9: Russell P10: Ocon P11: Bottas P12: Vettel P13: Ricciardo P14: Stroll P15: Tsunoda P16: Latifi P17: Raikkonen P18: Schumacher P19: Giovinazzi P20: Mazepin

[@tmarkus93]

Just one small thing... Ricciardo has raced for one extra team other than Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Renault and McLaren (mentioned in the video). Yeah, it was for half a season only and it can maybe be considered as an F2 team, but it's there... HRT (Hispania Racing Team) replacing Narain Karthikeyan.

[@ihathtelekinesis]

I think I'd put Norris and Sainz equal P2. Carlos showed amazing consistency in what was definitely the 3rd or 4th best car, and showed real promise for the years to come. Yes, Hamilton did put in some big performances in the last few races like Qatar, but he was just too erratic to be ranked any higher than 3rd. His highs were as high as Max's, but his lows were way lower.

[@saiyerugara9038]

If people wanna speak about Hamilton's Imola error, Sainz made multiple in that same race, as well as Hungary qualifying. He was also outqualified 13-9 by Leclerc and outraced 14-6. Hamilton was not outqualified or outraced by Bottas.

[@slay3r930]

In Zandvoort Gio had a puncture that’s why he fell back but yeah I love Gio but your right

[@naanbred7718]

Criminally underrated youtube, tbh you deserve 500k by the end of this year the vids have been 👌👌

[@illyasdumbshiddump1529]

Valtteri’s performance has been Mercedes’ fault all along for not giving him a proper contract, and this year was on purpose to spite merc for being bellends

[@scarface188]

My personal List: 1. Max 2. Lewis 3. Pierre 4. Carlos 5. Sharl 6. Bottas 7. Alonso 8. Ocon 9. Lando 10. Perez 11. Bottas 12. Seb 13. Danny Ric 14. Russel 15. Stroll 16. Mick 17. Yuki 18. Kimi 19. Gio 20. Mazepin

[@crystalracing4794]

Bottas had an underrated season. Post-Hungary, he's driven pretty well and his qualifying was generally good. But if I'm going to be honest, I knew Alonso would beat Ocon (and I don't even like Alonso at all). Verstappen & Norris have been the top 2 drivers, I agree with that.

[@saiyerugara9038]

You see, I don't know what to make of VB77. I know you bash him in your videos a lot but I was impressed by his performances at Monza; Turkey and Sao Paolo. On the whole I think he's been pretty damn good but the competition is the most stacked it's been for a while. Ocon and Alonso did good as well.

[@saiyerugara9038]

I also think Hamilton just about beat Norris out at the end but yeah...

[@crystalracing4794]

@@saiyerugara9038 I've actually got a pretty decent ranking for Bottas this year

[@patrykgerber6824]

I think 2nd Should be Lewis. That was the picture whole season. Max and Lewis and then long long behind them... Rest of the pack

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Without a massive dosage of fortune... Hamilton would be about 40 points behind this season. Is that really all that great? No

[@patrykgerber6824]

@@Duval-In-The-Wall without this fortune Max Should lose final race. I am just posting facts, not ifs

[@achtzehnachtundneunzig6579]

Both Ferrari drivers and Gasly > Norris

[@saiyerugara9038]

I don't think so tbh.

[@bm-garage]

Mad respect to Tommo having logical views to the incidents this season, and not letting a British bias play a part

[@TimFerber]

I agree with everything except the top 4. I would say 1. Max 2. Lewis 3. Carlos 4. Norris

[@exhaustfumeaddict]

It feels unfair to put bottas so far behind Perez, when you consider their comparative average qualifying scores. Also, I think you have to put Hamilton p2, he had a few mistakes but so did Norris (I’m thinking Brazil, Sochi (sort of), and the fact that Norris was beaten by sainz, and yet he gets p2 with sainz p4 seems a bit off imo

[@dakaraindoro8346]

The fact that nobody is talking about Max's mistakes at Saudi and Abu Dhabi is crazy to me.

[@elianioriofarrell]

Well it's because they were the only ones of the season, and only Saudi Arabia is worth any criticism so 🤷‍♂️

[@slice0909]

Aggressive racing isn't a mistake, sorry to pop your bubble. Staying out in the rain with softs, going bowling with other cars, spinning, hitting a wall TWICE, crashing your rival into a wall -- those are mistakes.

[@dakaraindoro8346]

@@slice0909 crashing in qualifying in Saudi and the poor start in Abu Dhabi on softs are the two racing mistakes I'm talking about. both unforced errors. his start in Abu Dhabi was so poor that if Perez wasn't behind him he probably would have ended up lower down the grid. I'm not referencing any of the controversial stuff. but the fact that Max made two unforced driving errors in his two races where he could have won the WDC is crazy to me. he had a very good season don't get me wrong. I just don't think it was as amazing as everyone is making it out to be.

[@josephmcgowan6212]

If mick had a different surname then he would be 19th

[@UnlovedZetsu]

Putting Norris on top of the list (Which he did so bad in Russia) and not putting Alonso on the list? Based british fan lmao