Formula 1’s Driver Power Rankings After 2015 British Grand Prix

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Published: July 8, 2015

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Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Formula One 2015 British Grand Prix saw him reclaim the initiative in the title race and open up a 17-point lead over team-mate Nico Rosberg.

It wasn't the dominant performance the home favourite would have wanted—without that late second shower, Rosberg could well have won—but by adding pole position and the fastest lap, Hamilton recorded his third hat-trick of the season.

Sebastian Vettel completed the podium after coming to life in the wet, while early leader Felipe Massa and Williams team-mate Valtteri Bottas fell away as the rain came down. It was Vettel's 20th consecutive points finish; the man he replaced at Ferrari, Fernando Alonso, is on a streak of one after grabbing his first point of the season.

Nico Hulkenberg again impressed, as did Daniil Kvyat, but Max Verstappen and the two Lotus drivers will have been glad to see the back of Silverstone after disappointing weekends.

They'll get three weeks to recharge their batteries before the next race—the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26.

Until then, here's how the drivers currently rank.

 

Note on Driver Power Rankings

These rankings should not be confused with the championship table.

Rather than looking solely at how many points each driver has, these rankings take into account race results, qualifying, the overall performance of each driver and how drivers stack up against their team-mates. The relative pace of each driver's car is factored in, as is the identity and ability of his team-mate.

For each race, every driver who took part is awarded a score out of 10. The sum of these scores across the previous six races is given on each driver's slide and determines the driver's ranking.

As we're now more than six races into the season, drivers will start dropping points from races earlier in the year; this, coupled with a very ti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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