F1 Driver Power Rankings: Shuffling the order before Monaco

After an exciting race in Barcelona, Formula 1 heads to Monaco for one of the most storied races in the history of the sport.

I’ll run through a race preview for the Monaco Grand Prix later in the week. There’s movement in the rankings since I last evaluated the drivers before Saudi Arabia. I marked down every driver’s previous rank and included their point totals on the season.

Ranking Criteria: Assume every 2022 F1 driver raced using the same car. Who would compete for race wins? Who would make up the points scorers? I take a swipe at predicting an even-based grid.

Saudi Arabian GP Rankings

F1 Driver Power Rankings

1. Verstappen

Points: 110
Previous Rank: 2nd

2. Hamilton

Points: 46
Previous Rank: 1st

3. Leclerc

Points: 104
Previous Rank: 3rd

4. Russell

Points: 74
Previous Rank: 6th

5. Norris

Points: 39
Previous Rank: 4th

6. Bottas

Points: 38
Previous Rank: 8th

7. Perez

Points: 85
Previous Rank: 7th

8. Sainz

Points: 65
Previous Rank: 5th

9. Alonso

Points: 4
Previous Rank: 11th

10. Vettel

Points: 4
Previous Rank: 9th

11. Magnussen

Points: 15
Previous Rank: 13th

12. Ricciardo

Points: 11
Previous Rank: 12th

13. Gasly

Points: 6
Previous Rank: 10th

14. Ocon

Points: 30
Previous Rank: 14th

15. Albon

Points: 3
Previous Rank: 15th

16. Tsunoda

Points: 11
Previous Rank: 16th

17. Stroll

Points: 2
Previous Rank: 19th

18. Schumacher

Points: 0
Previous Rank: 17th

19. Zhou

Points: 1
Previous Rank: 18th

20. Latifi

Points: 0
Previous Rank: 20th