Formula 1 team bosses revealed their list of the top 10 drivers of the year, under the proviso their individual ranking would remain anonymous. Drivers were given scores based on the current F1 points system – 25 for the top driver down to one for 10th in each list – and then those scores were combined to create a ranking.
For the second successive year, Verstappen – winner of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi – finished runner up to Hamilton, despite having failed to beat Valtteri Bottas to that position in the drivers’ championship.
Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc completed the podium, as he did in 2019, only this result is more impressive given he did not take a single victory or pole position, but instead earned praise for outperforming a very disappointing SF1000 Ferrari car.
HOW THEY SCORED
| POSITION | DRIVER | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | 171 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 156 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 132 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | 95 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | 82 |
| 6 | George Russell | 75 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | 45 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | 37 |
| 9= | Valtteri Bottas | 27 |
| 9= | Pierre Gasly | 27 |
The Team Principals who took part in the vote (in alphabetical order) were: Cyril Abiteboul, Christian Horner, Simon Roberts, Andreas Seidl, Guenther Steiner, Otmar Szafnauer, Franz Tost, Fred Vasseur, Toto Wolff.
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