xx Max Verstappen

xx Sergio Perez

xx Lewis Hamilton

xx George Russell

xx Charles Leclerc

xx Carlos Sainz Jr

xx Lando Norris

xx Oscar Piastri

xx Fernando Alonso

xx Lance Stroll

xx Pierre Gasly

xx Esteban Ocon

xx Logan Sargeant

xx Alexander Albon

xx Daniel Ricciardo

xx Yuki Tsunoda

xx Zhou Guanyu

xx Valtteri Bottas

xx Nico Hulkenberg

xx Kevin Magnussen

xx Oliver Bearman

xx Liam Lawson

xx Franco Colapinto

xx Jack Doohan

 

 

You have rated the class of 2023. All of the commentary has been completed. Sorry for the late response to this.

 

During the few weeks or so, I'll be counting down the results on who you have voted as your driver of F1 2024.

 

Enjoy.

 

Here's what happened last year:

 

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=268417

4

 

24TH:

 

SERGIO PEREZ

 

1.166

 

 

 

the worst of the worst, should have been kicked halfway thru the season, his head was not there for the last races

a compete embarrassment save from a few races at the start of the season, completely out of his depth in qualifying especially and cost RBR the constructors title

probably in the worst 5 seasons since i started watching f1

2

 

23RD:

 

LOGAN SARGEANT

 

1.75

 

 

 

just no

completely failed to kick on despite getting a largely undeserved second shot, absolutely hopeless in qualifying once again and then became too crash happy

was let down by Williams in some ways (giving Albon his car) which would have dented confidence, but did nothing close to warranting any more time

3

 

22ND:

 

LANCE STROLL

 

2.166

 

 

 

 

should be ashamed and give up

easily his worst year to date despite being 8 seasons in, completely outperformed in every department and some unforgivable mistakes (*cough* Brazil) to top it off

getting worse

Definitely the correct bottom 3, lol at Perez's score - is that even lower than Mazepin in 2021?

No surprises so far

Definitely the correct bottom 3, lol at Perez's score - is that even lower than Mazepin in 2021?

This is what Mazepin got:

 

21ST:

 

NIKITA MAZEPIN

 

2.5

 

 

 

21ST:

 

JACK DOOHAN

 

4 (By virtue of being rated 5 times compared to the 6 of the other driver)

 

 

 

not amazed by him

not a lot to go off with just the one outing, qualifying last was not an ideal start but drove a solid unspectacular race, keeping out of trouble

6

 

20TH:

 

DANIEL RICCIARDO (By virtue of getting 6 rates out of 6)

 

 

disappointing

had a golden opportunity to impress and grab the second senior team seat but offered very little save for a strong sprint race in Miami, seldom looked impressive against his teammate

just utterly disappointing, painful to watch his most recent years given I was once such a fan. please let this be the end.

 

 

 

Quite the fall from grace for the 2020 winner there.

Such a shame about Ricciardo. He'll be remembered as someone like Montoya. Came in a with a decent reputation, was fairly aggressive, impressed early on, won a hatful of races, then switched teams and his inability to master the technical and setup side of the sport eventually became his undoing.

 

He really was very promising once

2

 

19TH:

 

ZHOU GUANYU

 

4.166

 

 

shouldn't be in F1

his euphoric moment in Qatar is not enough to save what's been a largely disappointing season, he was utterly annihilated in the quali H2H against Bottas and showed very little else on race days

bumped up by a cracking drive in Qatar

Zhou has always been perfectly OK as a driver in F1. OK though just isn't good enough.

He's a very risk averse driver so seldom gets into tangles but at the expense of all out speed.

2

 

18TH:

 

VALTTERI BOTTAS

 

4.5

 

 

 

should have retired ages ago

despite not scoring he has been unlucky to have such a terrible car in likely his last season as he thoroughly outclassed his teammate and could have pulled off some eye-catching results in better machinery

knocked down by that showing in Abu Dhabi. a shame to watch him at times

1

 

17TH:

 

KEVIN MAGNUSSEN

 

5.166

 

 

 

too aggressive in a bad way, so many errors, anther one that should have retired ages ago

put in some super drives here and there but was comprehensively outperformed by his teammate in both quali & races and showed his dirty side with questionable driving tactics culminating in an unprecedented race ban

did ok at times, but probably right that this is his time in F1 up

 

4

 

16TH: (By virtue of having no 7s

 

ESTEBAN OCON

 

5.416

 

 

Gasly obliterated him

a markedly average season, losing again in the standings to his teammate but the pace was pretty close - the big highlight of Brazil putting some gloss on the year

just average generally, marked down for the way he lost his seat

 

15TH:

 

FRANCO COLAPINTO (By virtue of having one 7

 

5.416

 

 

 

started well but too many errors of late

started off with a fanfare first few races but his stock has plummeted after some silly mistakes, definitely deserved his spot over Sargeant and should be back on the grid sometime down the line

excitement followed by poor

9

 

14TH:

 

ALEXANDER ALBON (By virtue of having no 7s)

 

5.66666667

 

 

 

ok-ish at most

a very strong start to campaign but completely derailed in the final third with many uncharacteristic mistakes and weak drives, will be interesting to see him against a strong teammate again next season

think this was his least impressive season in Williams, some costly crashes

The only one I think looks hard done by in that list is Bottas. He hasn't been amazing or anything but the car has made some decent performances here and there look worse than they were