1. Hamilton - unbeatable since the summer break and destroyed his teammate in the process
2. Verstappen - fearless but ultimately the year never got going with so many retirements
3. Ricciardo - just kept delivering the results for Red Bull and kept putting the car on the podium when there was a chance
4. Vettel - looked good until a moment of madness in Baku. Threw away the title with probably an ill advised decision to chop Verstappen in Singapore
5. Ocon - Mr Consistency - expect him to be Mercedes driver by 2019 possibly
6. Alonso - F1 needs him back at the front fighting. Kept putting the Mclaren into higher positions than he ought to be. His efforts at the start were constantly wasted by the useless Honda engine
7. Bottas - 3 wins and 3 poles represents a very good return for his 1st year but was overshadowed by the superior speed and consistency of Hamilton
8. Sainz - this man does deserve better than the car he got. Lets hope Renault next season can only allow to him deliver
9. Vandoorne - took a while to get going but when the car got better was able to show his ability in Singapore and Malaysia
10. Hulkenberg - made the move from Force India to Renault based on long term prospects. Immediately disposed of Palmer in becoming team leader and held his own well against Sainz after given an initial wakening call
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Not quite the top 10
Raikkonen - unfortunately the old Kimi is no longer there and his race pace is lacking . A subservient No 2 which is ideal for Vettel but his consistency is not there
Perez - Beat Ocon which he needed to but he did look rattled at times when trying to prove himself against his teammate and proving to everyone he deserves a top drive
Massa - based on Brazil you'd think he still has it but generally there were signs he was waning so had to go
Going nowhere
Magnussen - once touted as a potential hot property in F1 -- Melbourne 2014 seems a long time now .. he ended up just about
off every driver like Alonso says
Grosjean - he has not done enough for Ferrari to consider him and his moaning does not seem to hel either. Seems to be often a hapless victim of accidents or expected to be the first one other than Lance Stroll to have one I can't decide. Issue is the boat may have sailed for him now unless Haas come up with a really great car which I can't see happening
Wehrlein - well being a loudmouth has not helped his reputation with anyone outside Mercedes and now could be on the sidelines whilst watching his rival Ocon steal his career path
Kyvat - What do you when you've been kicked to the kerb so many times like he has by Red Bull?
