Best Formula 1 Drivers

24 ELO points separate Leclerc Ferrari from Verstappen Red Bull at the top of the Formula 1 Drivers ranking, after 1431 duels.

The fight for the anticipated season winner places Leclerc Ferrari at 1509 ELO points, narrowly ahead of Verstappen Red Bull at 1485. But the most striking gap emerges below them: 103 ELO points separate Verstappen Red Bull from Hamilton Mercedes, who sits third at 1382 points. This chasm suggests the community sees a two-driver contest at the front, with the rest trailing. Sainz Ferrari and Norris McLaren round out the top 5, clustered between 1335 and 1329 points. At the bottom, Zhou Stake languishes at 928 ELO with a 26% win rate across 104 duels, the lowest approval in the field. Sargeant Williams fares only slightly better at 942 points, while Bottas Stake at 1026 completes the bottom three.

This ranking draws on 1431 duels involving 24 players across 20 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The narrow margin at the top and the decisive gap behind second place reveal a community divided between two favorites but united in dismissing the rest of the pack. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own vote and shape the hierarchy of who will claim the championship.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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