2025 F1 Review: Every Driver lineup ranked from worst to best

The 2025 F1 season is done and dusted, and we have a new world champion in Lando Norris. The British driver has won the title, making it the first for a McLaren driver since 2008, when Lewis Hamilton clinched the championship.

While that is the chatter around the driver, the more important part for a team, however, is how every cog in the machine worked. Teams have different philosophies when it comes to picking up driver lineups.

These days, however, it's more a case of the teams picking two strong drivers who make the most of a car underneath them. With that being said, how do the driver lineups stack up? Let's take a look.

Criteria: We've taken the average driver ratings of both drivers in an F1 team and then used the mean of those values to assign a value to a driver lineup.

Once that is done, these lineups are arranged accordingly.

Every F1 driver lineup ranked from worst to best

#10 Alpine (Avg. Rating: 6.38)

At the bottom we have the Alpine duo of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto. While Gasly continued to be a steady presence in the squad, Colapinto did find it hard early on, and a lack of competent machinery meant that he was just unable to find his feet throughout the season.

#9 Aston Martin (Avg. Rating: 6.49)

Aston Martin did get severely compromised, with Lance Stroll having his usual dips in form and Fernando Alonso just taking off after Imola. The Spaniard was the benchmark again, but the Canadian did drag the whole thing down for the F1 team.

#8 Racing Bulls (Avg. Rating: 6.59)

Liam Lawson struggled early in the season as he tried to bounce back from the early-season demotion from Red Bull. He did, however, put things together soon enough and was a decent lineup with Isack Hadjar, who continued to be the benchmark within the team more often than not.

#7 Haas (Avg. Rating: 6.76)

Haas saw early season form favoring Esteban Ocon, but as the season progressed, it was Ollie Bearman who took over within the team. Compared to preseason expectations, this was still slightly disappointing for the F1 duo.

#6 Sauber (Avg. Rating: 6.82)

Compared to preseason expectations, this was a solid season with an F1 veteran and a rookie complementing each other. Sauber enters the Audi era, positive that things could potentially start falling in place for the team.

#5 Williams (Avg. Rating: 6.88)

A strong lineup that was more extreme on both sides. Early F1 season form was more on Albon's side, while Sainz found form midway through the season and left his teammate in the lurch.

#4 Red Bull (Avg. Rating: 7.19)

It's a testimony to how good Max Verstappen is that he dragged the lineup to P4 in the championship because Yuki Tsunoda did not have much in terms of a contribution to the final average.

#3 Mercedes (Avg. Rating: 7.22)

At Mercedes, it's safe to say that George Russell did much of the heavy lifting as F1 rookie Kimi Antonelli was still learning the ropes. 2026 is going to be very interesting, as the duo could end up being the most competent on the grid.

#2 Ferrari (Avg. Rating: 7.32)

At #2 we have Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and while this should be looked at as a positive, the veteran's season was anything but that. Pre-season, the combination was looked at as the most competent on the F1 grid, but they've fallen short of expectations.

#1 McLaren (Avg. Rating: 7.79)

McLaren's title-contending duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri ended the year as the best driver lineup on the grid. It is befitting as well, as they clinched the Constructors' championship as well. It would be interesting to see how this partnership evolves in 2026.