Antonio Giovinazzi and Lando Norris are deemed the most improved drivers in the new performance ratings created for the official Formula 1 game.
Codemasters, producers of the official Formula 1 game, have revealed the performance ratings for all 20 drivers in F1 2021, the forthcoming new edition of the game.Each driver is scored out of 100. But while Giovinazzi’s overall rating has risen by eight points to 79, he only ranks 17th, behind newcomer Yuki Tsunoda and others.
Lando Norris, whose score has gone up behind seven points, is rated as the fourth-best driver in the game. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen share the top spot, followed by Valtteri Bottas.
The ratings of all 16 drivers who competed last year have risen. Among the newcomers, two-times world champion Fernando Alonso has a score of 89, putting him level with fellow champion Sebastian Vettel. Rookies Tsunoda, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin have scores of 82, 76 and 67 respectively.
F1 2021 will be available to download from Tuesday.
F1 2021 and F1 2020 driver ratings compared
Driver | Final F1 2020 score | Final F1 2020 rank | F1 2021 score | F1 2021 rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lewis Hamilton | 93 | 1 | 95 (+2) | 1 |
Max Verstappen | 92 | 2 | 95 (+3) | 1 |
Valtteri Bottas | 90 | 3 | 92 (+2) | 3 |
Lando Norris | 84 | 9 | 91 (+7) | 4 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 88 | 4 | 90 (+2) | 5 |
Pierre Gasly | 85 | 7 | 90 (+5) | 5 |
Sebastian Vettel | 88 | 4 | 89 (+1) | 7 |
Fernando Alonso | 89 | 7 | ||
Charles Leclerc | 87 | 6 | 88 (+1) | 9 |
Sergio Perez | 85 | 7 | 87 (+2) | 10 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 84 | 9 | 87 (+3) | 10 |
Carlos Sainz | 84 | 9 | 87 (+3) | 10 |
Esteban Ocon | 81 | 12 | 86 (+5) | 13 |
George Russell | 79 | 14 | 84 (+5) | 14 |
Lance Stroll | 78 | 16 | 83 (+5) | 15 |
Yuki Tsunoda | 82 | 16 | ||
Antonio Giovinazzi | 71 | 19 | 79 (+8) | 17 |
Mick Schumacher | 76 | 18 | ||
Nicholas Latifi | 70 | 20 | 71 (+1) | 19 |
Nikita Mazepin | 67 | 20 |
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F1 2021 driver ratings in full
Driver | F1 2021 score | Experience | Racecraft | Awareness | Pace |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lewis Hamilton | 95 (+2) | 92 | 94 | 89 | 98 |
Max Verstappen | 95 (+3) | 69 | 96 | 96 | 97 |
Valtteri Bottas | 92 (+2) | 75 | 89 | 99 | 92 |
Lando Norris | 91 (+7) | 60 | 96 | 99 | 89 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 90 (+2) | 80 | 94 | 91 | 88 |
Pierre Gasly | 90 (+5) | 59 | 92 | 99 | 89 |
Sebastian Vettel | 89 (+1) | 91 | 93 | 87 | 88 |
Fernando Alonso | 89 | 99 | 89 | 94 | 86 |
Charles Leclerc | 88 (+1) | 62 | 88 | 87 | 92 |
Sergio Perez | 87 (+2) | 81 | 92 | 84 | 87 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 87 (+3) | 99 | 91 | 84 | 86 |
Carlos Sainz | 87 (+3) | 69 | 88 | 94 | 85 |
Esteban Ocon | 86 (+5) | 60 | 93 | 98 | 79 |
George Russell | 84 (+5) | 60 | 76 | 99 | 83 |
Lance Stroll | 83 (+5) | 62 | 93 | 82 | 82 |
Yuki Tsunoda | 82 | 46 | 88 | 78 | 86 |
Antonio Giovinazzi | 79 (+8) | 54 | 82 | 82 | 80 |
Mick Schumacher | 76 | 47 | 65 | 81 | 83 |
Nicholas Latifi | 71 (+1) | 55 | 69 | 79 | 70 |
Nikita Mazepin | 67 | 47 | 65 | 78 | 66 |
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tielemst
8th July 2021, 14:31
Oooh, Hamilton and Verstappen both 95. Time for another round of Lewis and Max bashing in 5…4…3…2…1
ian dearing
8th July 2021, 14:47
Oh maybe they are the two most exceptional drivers of their generation who for the last year or so have been impossible to separate given the different machinery they drive. And whilst each have had their blips, we maybe witnessing the obvious and inevitable passing of the baton from the old to the new?
tielemst
8th July 2021, 14:57
Of course. But try and tell that to the Lewis and Max hardliners over here…
MacLeod (@macleod)
9th July 2021, 7:42
No problem with that score …. but i am fan of both :)
Kribana (@krichelle)
9th July 2021, 5:08
Some just can’t appreciate good things in life
Luke S (@joeypropane)
8th July 2021, 14:42
The only thing Bottas is 99 aware of is how close he is to losing his seat…
Luke S (@joeypropane)
8th July 2021, 14:45
Also, Fernando should be 99 experience, 95 racecraft, 99 awareness… with a hidden “right time right place” handicap of 4/100 to bring his overall down to 86
MCBosch (@mcbosch)
8th July 2021, 14:48
CotD :)
Jelle van der Meer (@)
8th July 2021, 14:47
Sorry Tielemst, just Bottas bashing if I may?
In what universe do these people live to rate Bottas that highly?
He even went up 2 points so got the same rating than Max had last year while Max nearly beat him in championship despite not driving the dominant championship car and some mechanical failures.
How is Bottas ranked 3 points higher than Alonso & Vettel and 5 higher than Kimi Raikonnen. All 3 drivers would easily beat Bottas if they drove for Mercedes instead of Hamilton.
Regarding Max & Lewis ratings, odd to see such a huge difference on the experience rating. Max is in his 7th season, how much more experience does he need. Also odd to see Max still 1 point less on pace than Lewis will Max always was great at pure pace it was experience and being too eager that cost him points.
The most shocking mistake I noticed between Russell and Ocon/Stroll in racecraft, Ocon/Stroll both have 93 points racecraft while Russell is only given 76.
Luke S (@joeypropane)
8th July 2021, 15:38
I did have a slight gasp at the experience rating for Max at first, too… but it actually does scale pretty well:
Perez/2011 debut – 81
Ricciardo/2011 debut – 80
Bottas/2013 debut – 75
Verstappen/2015 debut – 69
Sainz/2015 debut – 69
Stroll/2017 debut – 62
Leclerc/2018 debut -62
I mean, I would argue experience at a top team, fighting for podiums and wins counts for more than cruising around in a Sauber or Williams, but then you’d have to get subjective…
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
8th July 2021, 20:08
I’m sure Max is happy with a 69.
I mean, who wouldn’t be?
Emma
8th July 2021, 17:36
Which version of Kim or Seb would easily beat Bottas? The 2020/2021 versions?
Dave
8th July 2021, 21:16
2007 and 2013 respectively.
ian dearing
8th July 2021, 18:56
By your response re Bottas and Kimi I would guess they live in the same universe you do.
F-Duct (@)
8th July 2021, 15:02
Do these ratings actually mean or do anything in the game? When compared to something like Fifa where you actually control players of different ability, here it’s either you driving so ratings mean nothing or it’s the AI, and the AI is so scripted and set at some pre-determined outcome that I find it hard to see how ratings come into it, especially with ratings as close to each other. Maybe i’m missing the point…
petebaldwin (@)
8th July 2021, 17:00
There’s a “My Team” mode where you run a team and have to pick a driver for the 2nd car. That’s pretty much the reason for it.
Neutralino
8th July 2021, 18:28
In MyTeam drivers that are ranked more highly cost more and probably are better when the AI sims their races.
Jeff
9th July 2021, 9:17
What rating did the career mode rival get? What’s that? He doesn’t exist?
SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH HIM IN AN F1 GAME?
Adam (@rocketpanda)
8th July 2021, 15:30
Norris sure but GIOVINAZZI?! Hahahahaha no.
Andrey Baydin (@minilemm)
8th July 2021, 17:11
So Bottas ahead of either of the Ferrari pair, Ricciardo, Russel… yeah. :)
Omar R (@)
8th July 2021, 17:57
Is Hamilton awareness a bit not so good because of the Albon incidents?
Kribana (@krichelle)
9th July 2021, 5:07
Awareness is based on the number of incidents in a race and the amount of penalties. Even though 2020’s penalties on Hamilton seemed close calls, it seems alright for him. But Hamilton has had a lot of incidents and penalties in 2020.
David BR (@david-br)
8th July 2021, 18:12
Danny Ricciardo going up?
Hamilton awareness 89 is plain daft. In fact all the ‘Awareness’ grades seem nonsensical, intended solely to ensure drivers end up in the ‘proper order’.
F1 frog (@f1frog)
8th July 2021, 18:25
I would rate them:
Hamilton – 95
Bottas – 88
Verstappen – 95
Perez – 87
Norris – 90
Ricciardo – 86
Stroll – 79
Vettel – 84
Ocon – 81
Alonso – 85
Leclerc – 91
Sainz – 88
Gasly – 87
Tsunoda – 70
Raikkonen – 76
Giovinazzi – 77
Schumacher – 70
Mazepin – 62
Russell – 87
Latifi – 69
Mashiat (@mashiat)
8th July 2021, 22:44
@f1frog Largely agree, but Alonso 87, Leclerc 90, Norris 88, Sainz 88 and Russell 86 would probably be more accurate for me. It’s not that long ago that Norris was second best to Sainz.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 11:37
Extremely generous to bottas I’m afraid.
RocketTankski
8th July 2021, 18:26
Flattery Bottas
bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
9th July 2021, 12:06
Easily COTD!
erikje
8th July 2021, 19:32
Sainz lower then raik?
At least his awareness is dropping, we noticed it last race.
knightameer (@knightameer)
8th July 2021, 22:44
Bottas 92. U gotta be kidding me
Alex Fewtrell
8th July 2021, 22:55
Why are we not talking about Gasly being rated 90?! That’s the most insane overrating I;ve ever seen in any EA sports game, period. Gasly isnt a world champtions, he’s young and has a few good results. No more than 86.
Here are my ratings. I have based them on the number of years spent in F1, the amount of world champtionsjips, and the consistancy of their results.
Hamilton 95
Verstappen 92
Vettel 90
Alonso 90
Ricciardo 89
Bottas 88
Perez 87
Raikkonen 87
Norris 86
Gasly 86
Leclerc 86
Sainz 85
Russell 85
Ocon 84
Stroll 82
Giovinazzi 81
Tsunoda 78
Schumacher 76
Latifi 68
Mazepin 62
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 11:40
Seems again too nice to bottas, I can’t believe he’s that far ahead given same car to all, I think he’d drop behind all of those up to russell.
Linus W
9th July 2021, 8:54
Bottas seems very overrated?
My ratings would be:
Hamilton 95
Verstappen 95
Leclerc 90
Norris 89
Sainz 88
Alonso 88
Russell 88
Ricciardo 87
Perez 86
Gasly 85
Bottas 84
Vettel 84
Ocon 83
Raikkonen 82
Giovinazzi 81
Stroll 80
Tsunoda 78
Schumacher 75
Latifi 70
Mazepin 63
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 11:40
FINALLY! Now this is a bottas rating I can accept, all others so far in this page were imo too generous.
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
9th July 2021, 18:18
If this is based on experience and their performance overall – if you include Bottas’s williams years, it isn’t unrealistic for him to be in the top 6 if I’m honest. He has looked worse recently, but top drivers like Hamilton and Verstappen make him look worse than he is. He looked as good or better than Perez, Hulkenberg, Sainz and many others when he was at williams.
Based over many years of having drivers in decent teams, I think the drivers I certainly would rate above Bottas are as follows (not exactly in order)
Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Leclerc. (not including Alonso as his form recently has been questionable and he’s had a few years off)
There are others that may just beat him, but don’t really have much evidence to show for that yet. Russell beat Bottas in one race that was unexpected, but we can’t take that result and confirm everything. At the moment, I think Russell would be a pretty close match for Bottas in qualifying, but will get better in time. It is hard to judge him when he is at williams when all his seasons in F1 have been against pretty much the weakest on the grid. Russell’s other weak point is his race starts which are terrible.
Sainz, Perez, Norris, and Ocon, and Russell all have had moments of looking very good but I would say Norris is the best of them. I think he likely will be better than Bottas, but not in all areas, and it unlikely will be by a huge margin given that Bottas can still be close to hamilton even on race day soemtiems. It’s hard to say we’ve had enough evidence to instantly say any of these drivers would do far better than Bottas if they were in the same team if you look at their whole career.
Kimi has simply had it now. It is very questionable that you believe even he would be better than Bottas overall. Giovinazzi has looked far better than Kimi this year. Bottas has looked better than Kimi since 2014 (whth the exception of 2018 where Bottas was very poor in the 2nd half of the season)
Given Bottas’s experience and his past achievements, I don’t think being as high as some have him is too high. One strength Bottas does have (while it is a weakness at times) is that he’s a very safe driver. He has only once in his entire career been at fault for a retirement and never for anyone else’s. Don’t think any other drivers are like this. They at times have seasons with many clumsy crashes which Bottas doesn’t.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 21:49
First things first, didn’t pay much attention to raikkonen, it’s obvious that while I mean bottas should be behind those, raikkonen is as much an outlier in codemaster as bottas, and should be even further behind ofc, he should be towards the bottom of the grid at this point, so no, I don’t believe he is better than bottas, it was a misunderstanding.
Yes, he’s a clean driver, and yes, he’s good in qualifying, but his race pace is too often weak, I think russel would destroy him pretty quickly cause points are given in races.
Depending on circumstances, it’s acceptable to rank bottas, sainz, perez, gasly close to each other, but the above rankings basically had him above everyone except top drivers! And codemasters is even more insane, according to them bottas would be better than alonso, ricciardo, vettel, leclerc?
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 21:50
And than norris too, basically everyone except verstappen and hamilton, that’s just wrong.
IVAYLO
9th July 2021, 11:07
Isn’t this just a video game? Who cares what rating they get in a video game?
Balue (@balue)
9th July 2021, 16:07
I know. It’s even referred to as just F1 2021. As if that is not the sport, but the game and everyone knows it. Slightly bizarre the whole thing.
Dave
10th July 2021, 8:46
“Just a video game” is fine when talking about this, but iRacing…
kuvemar
9th July 2021, 15:29
Alonso’s pace the same as Kimi’s? Have they seen the 2014 season?
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
9th July 2021, 21:51
Indeed, that’s ridiculous, and also compared to last season they seem to have increased ratings for all of them, it’s wrong when you have declining drivers like raikkonen and hamilton, or drivers who can’t adapt like ricciardo.