F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Racing Drivers Power Rankings Updated
This week's charts
1. Hamilton (9.7 points, game P2)
Although he did not win the competition or win the world championship, he was unanimously recognized by the judges. The near-perfect result became the benchmark for the finale, and although Saturday missed pole position, the speed in Sunday's regular race was the fastest. The seven-time world champion led 51 of the 58 laps and lost the last lap without the support of his teammates.
2. Verstappen (9.5 points, match P1)
Almost as high as Hamilton's score, Verstappen finally won in a crucial game. After qualifying, Hamilton seized the lead in the 6-7 deceleration bend on the first lap of the race, and the race decided to let them race. Since then, working with the Perez team to recover a lot of time, vs. C has changed tires to win a chance for himself to fight. In the end, in a lap battle, the Red Bull driver led the only but extremely important lap of the game.
3. Hiroshi Kakuda (9.2 points, match P4)
This is probably Yuki Kakuda's best match in F1 so far, right? The Japanese newcomer finished P4 on Sunday, well above his predecessors. Qualifying P8, just behind two Ferraris, Norris and the top four; up one place in the first lap of the race, followed by Leclerc, switched to a soft tire in the last minute, and the P4 crossed the line to achieve a personal best in the final game of the first season.
4. Sainz (9.0 points, match P3)
Another podium came from Ferrari's Sainz, who finished P5 in qualifying, overtook former teammate Norris in the race, and has been running in front of midstream group ever since, when Perez withdrew at the end of the race and jumped to the podium position. He said it was probably his best performance at Ferrari so far.
5. Perez (8.5 points, match DNF)
Perez was called "legend" and "animal" in the race to reflect his heroism in blocking Hamilton in the middle, but unfortunately withdrew from the 56th lap and did not finally reach the podium. In qualifying P4, Perez did what the team needed him to do in the main race, contributing admirable work to the drivers' world championship.
6. Norris (8.0 points, match P7)
Norris did lack some luck in the closing round. The first lap was overtaken by Sainz, who pitted from the P5 position and then slowly chased back. After that, he encountered a slow tire and had to enter the station again after lap 48, and finally the P7 was saved, but it led to missing the annual P5 in the drivers' standings.
7. Gasley (7.5 points, match P5)
Gasley admitted to having problems in qualifying, only P12. However, when it came to the main race, it played its due racing strength, ran a long time before stopping, and then looked like it would be brought back with P7, but after the final "chaos", P5 finally crossed the finish line.
8. Alonso (7.3 points, match P8)
Qualifying encountered traffic conditions and only ranked P11, which made Alonso a little annoyed. However, in the main race, he started with a hard tire, calmly ran a long distance, up to P4 before stopping, and finally did not pit under the safety car, so that he got the P8.
9. AuCom (6.8 points, match P9)
Qualifying P9, the regular race played steadily to help the team bring back double points and maintain a safe distance from teammates during the race. The fly in the ointment is that there is no profit under VSC and SC, and the P9 is the best he can achieve.
10. Schumacher (6.5 points, match P14)
With teammate Ma Zeping testing positive for COVID-19, Mick became Haas's only contestant. During the race, the battle with Williams driver Latifi inadvertently became part of a pivotal moment in the race, when the latter's car slid against the wall to trigger a safety car. According to the judges, Mick did well in Sunday's race, running in clean spaces with the opposite strategy of the others, and the P14 was his best result since Hungary.
Overall list
Although Hamilton is a little higher than Verstappen in small scores this week, it has no impact on the overall list, so it means that Verstappen finished P1 in the drivers' power list for the 2021 season.
In addition, Sainz eventually rose to P5, tied with Gasley, Russell fell to P8, and Perez finally squeezed into the year-end top 10 with his outstanding performance in the finale.
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