2025 Driver Rankings | R5: Saudi Arabia

Oscar Piastri made it three wins for the season and took the championship lead with his victory this weekend, but how did he and the rest of the grid fare in our driver rankings?

1. Oscar Piastri - 20pts

A brilliant weekend once again for the new championship leader. He couldn't quite take pole, but a brilliant getaway and move down the inside on Max saw him take the lead (well, not quite...). Once again, he showed no signs of cracking under pressure when fighting for the win.

2. Max Verstappen - 19pts

Max couldn't quite get the win that maybe his pace merited, but it was another weekend where he can say he got the utmost out of the car. The five-second penalty was merited for his move into turn 1, but he did the most he could have after that situation. Had he held onto the lead at the start and got a better launch off the line, he could have won. A great lap on Saturday to claim pole.

3. Charles Leclerc - 18pts

Charles is quietly building his way into this season, and he got his first podium with a brilliant showing around Jeddah. A good Saturday was followed by a quiet but impressive Sunday. He did well to hold off Lando in the charging McLaren at the end.

4. Carlos Sainz - 17pts

Carlos is also quietly building his way into the season, and also the Williams team. A brilliant P6 in qualifying set him up for a P8 finish in the race that he'll hope marks the start of something special. He also showed great teamwork to give Alex DRS at the end to stay ahead of Hadjar.

5. George Russell - 16pts

Mr Consistent was once again on it this weekend. He wasn't quite able to convert his P3 in qualifying into a podium, but his Mercedes struggled with tyre wear, and Ferrari and McLaren were clearly quicker in race conditions.

6. Isack Hadjar - 15pts

Isack was out-qualified by Liam for the first time, and it might have looked like the Kiwi was going to get the better of him, however, a brilliant start and subsequent race saw the Frenchman fly into the points. He couldn't quite get past the Williams at the end, but still a great race.

7. Lando Norris - 14pts

Lando was arguably one of the drivers of the day on Sunday, but his Saturday mishap ruined his chances of getting the race win and keeping the championship lead. His charge from P10 to P4 was helped by Tsunoda and Gasly taking each other out, but after that, he made some good moves on those ahead and didn't look like he was trying to force the issue. A good confidence builder after a disappointing Saturday.

8. Kimi Antonelli - 13pts

It feels harsh putting Kimi so low when he made pretty much no errors, finished just one place behind George and scored some more good points. He is delivering week in, week out, and it's getting harder to remember he's only 18.

9. Alex Albon - 12pts

He might have been marginally slower than Carlos this weekend, but he still delivered on Sunday to continue his good start to the season.

10. Pierre Gasly - 11pts

Pierre made it to Q3 and surely would have scored some good points had it not been for his incident with Yuki Tsunoda on lap 1. Though it was described as a racing incident, Pierre was definitely less at fault and had actually made a good move on Yuki.

11. Lewis Hamilton - 10pts

Another quiet weekend for Lewis. He's not delivering at the level Ferrari would have hoped, nor the level of his teammate, and he'll be hoping to step it up from Miami. He still does okay in the driver rankings purely down to the fact that he's at least finishing best of the rest.

12. Fernando Alonso - 9pts

Once again, Fernando was limited by his AMR25 as he couldn't make any noise on either Saturday or Sunday. He still had the measure over Lance and got somewhat close to the points on Sunday.

13. Liam Lawson - 8pts

A much better weekend for Liam, who can finally go away from a race with a smile on his face. Yes, he couldn't get into the points, but he had a good Saturday and a solid race. His hard work was somewhat undone by an incredibly harsh 10s penalty.

14. Ollie Bearman - 7 pts

Ollie had a solid but quiet weekend. He out-qualified Esteban but had a poor Q2, and then in the race, he went for the safer strategy compared to Esteban, which ultimately saw him come on strong at the end. Just not Haas' weekend.

15. Esteban Ocon - 6pts

Esteban was disappointed to be knocked out in Q1 and beaten by Ollie once again, but he made up some good ground in the race. He was put on the hard after the safety car on lap 1, and even though towards the end of the race he fell away, he still had a decent Sunday.

16. Nico Hulkenberg - 5 pts

Sauber continued to languish at the back of the field, and Nico was unable to make any real impact.

17. Yuki Tsunoda - 4pts

An odd weekend to judge for Yuki. Qualifying was okay once again, despite being a long way off Max, and then he was marginally to blame for his incident with Pierre.

18. Lance Stroll - 3pts

Lance continued his disappointing run of form as he languished somewhat near the back all weekend.

19. Gabriel Bortoleto - 2pts

Another weekend where you almost forget Gabriel is in F1.

20. Jack Doohan - 1pt

A really disappointing weekend for Jack. He failed to make any impact in qualifying and was knocked out in Q1, and then finished second last of the finishers. He pitted early under the safety car on a strategy which proved to be the wrong one.