Lacking a car that was quick or reliable enough to take on his rivals, Fernando Alonso had precious few chances to demonstrate his abilities.
Driver rankings articles archive
How well did each Formula 1 driver perform over the course of an entire season? RaceFans’ Driver Rankings analyse the data and offer our assessment.
2015 F1 driver rankings #15: Felipe Nasr
2015 F1 season review
Posted onFelipe Nasr produced an excellent performance in the first race of the year but didn’t figure often after then.
2015 F1 driver rankings #16: Kimi Raikkonen
2015 F1 season review
Posted onKimi Raikkonen’s second season back at Ferrari was not a substantial improvement on his first.
2015 F1 driver rankings #17: Alexander Rossi
2015 F1 season review
Posted onAlexander Rossi only started five races in 2015 but looked the most promising of Manor’s three drivers.
2015 F1 driver rankings #18: Will Stevens
2015 F1 season review
Posted onLife became more difficult for Will Stevens when initial team mate Roberto Merhi was replaced by Alexander Rossi.
2015 F1 driver rankings #19: Marcus Ericsson
2015 F1 season review
Posted onBack for a second season of F1 in 2015, Marcus Ericsson is again found towards the bottom of the F1 Fanatic Driver Rankings.
2015 F1 driver rankings #20: Roberto Merhi
2015 F1 season review
Posted onRoberto Merhi didn’t get to drive the full season for Manor and is 20th in F1 Fanatic’s 2015 Driver Rankings.
2015 F1 driver rankings #21: Pastor Maldonado
2015 F1 season review
Posted onAs F1 Fanatic’s 2015 Driver Rankings begin the driver at the foot of the list is Lotus racer Pastor Maldonado.
2015 mid-season F1 driver rankings part three: 5-1
Driver Rankings
Posted onConcluding the mid-season driver rankings, here are the top five F1 drivers of 2015 so far.
2015 mid-season F1 driver rankings part two: 12-6
Driver Rankings
Posted onFernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen feature in part two of the mid-season 2015 driver rankings.
2015 mid-season F1 driver rankings part one: 20-13
Driver Rankings
Posted onIn the ten years since the F1 Fanatic Driver Rankings began there’s probably never been a trickier season to place the competitors in order.
2014 F1 Driver Rankings #1: Daniel Ricciardo
2014 F1 season review
Posted onRicciardo consistently qualified strongly, raced even better, and made very few mistakes. And he emphatically beat his four-times world champion team mate.
2014 F1 Driver Rankings #2: Fernando Alonso
2014 F1 season review
Posted onIt’s doubtful Fernando Alonso could have done much better in a car which was rarely capable of reaching the podium, let alone winning races.
2014 F1 Driver Rankings #3: Hamilton
2014 F1 season review
Posted onDid the right man win the championship? Absolutely. But Lewis Hamilton only comes in third place in this year’s driver rankings.
2014 F1 Driver Rankings #4: Valtteri Bottas
2014 F1 season review
Posted onValtteri Bottas finished fourth in the championship following an outstanding second year in the Williams.
2014 F1 Driver Rankings #5: Nico Rosberg
2014 F1 season review
Posted onHere’s why championship runner-up Nico Rosberg takes the fifth spot in the end-of-season rankings.
2014 F1 season review: Driver rankings 10-6
2014 F1 season review
Posted onWho’s in the bottom half of the top ten drivers of 2014? Find out here.
2014 F1 season review: Driver rankings 15-11
2014 F1 season review
Posted onAs we continue to count down the F1 Fanatic Driver Rankings for 2015, here are the five drivers just outside the top ten.
2014 F1 season review: Driver rankings 22-16
2014 F1 season review
Posted onThe F1 Fanatic Driver Rankings are being published for the tenth time in 2014. Part one covers the first seven drivers.
2014 mid-season F1 driver rankings part one: 5-1
Driver rankings
Posted onConcluding the mid-season driver rankings, here are the top five racers of the year so far.