Ranking EVERY F1 Driver of the 2010s! 

Wehrlein is such a “what could have been” story. I’m not saying he’s the reincarnation of Senna, but he was very solid. Definitely would have deserved a seat beyond the time he got Also some of the people rated above heidfeld…ehhhh

JEV actually beat Danny Ric one year and beat Kyvat pretty convincingly so idk about being outclassed by his hotshot teammates.

I would definitely rank Lotterer above a lot of those bottom pay drivers. Coming in randomly and beating Ericsson in qualifying on a first attempt is proof already he's better than the bottom tier

A few strange choices, George Russell is way too high, in the 2010s he had no better performance than the likes of Max Chilton and Jarno Trulli.

Wow, a lot of work went into this, so even though I don't agree with some of it, have to say good job mate! subbed

I feel like Mark Webber is really unappreciated. Without him, the nation of Australia wouldn't give a shit about Formula 1 anymore. Finishing 5th in a car that should have finished 19th is pretty dang good. The fucking mad lad even wheeled his car into the podium places whilst purging the contents of his stomach from the last 24 hours into his visor and helmet. The knock-on effects would also result in Sebastian Vettel NOT being the kind soul we know him as today, and the butterfly effect would have probably affected the whole Red Bull brand with Daniel Ricciardo probably deciding to take up farming, and Oscar Piastri too if the latter ever got a seat in our timeline.

Verstappens issue in Brazil with Ocon was in 2018, not in 2019. And verstappen didn't win, Hamilton did.

Verstappen over Rosberg in the 2010s is a bit of a joke. Yes he’s incredible and obviously proved his worth now but definitely not 3rd

Can‘t wait for the 60‘s with like 120 drivers and the video lasting 3h just bc you have to name all those rich people that raced once lol… but great video with big respect to the drivers. Loved it

I think Kamui Kobayashi is the most unfortunate driver in 2010s. Especially 2012 is the good example. He scored good result in qualy but almost of them are ruined by irrelevant his mistakes. Some people may have differ opinions but I think Kobayashi is better than Perez in terms of speed(but Perez has better skills of tyre management and also he has speed. That’s the fact). If he hadn’t suffered his bad luck he would have scored podiums at least 3 times and even he would had scored a win. Therefore it was sad and unreasonable for me that Esteban Gutierrez replaced him in 2013.

That Jules Bianchi segment hit hard. R.I.P Jules, may you rest in peace.

Great job, man! Love this extremely long format and your jokes throughout. Keep up the good work, I can definitely see this channel growing soon!

This is fantastic, excellent work! Deserves a lot more coverage

I can’t imagine how long this list would have taken to make! Great video!

Great video, but I need to address one thing: 1:06:28 Rosberg didn't lose fabric on his gloves to "save weight", that's ridiculous. He'd however had his gloves redone, so that a seam on his finger wasn't in the way for the clutch, which gave him a slight advantage at the starts.

unbelivable amout of work put into this, massive respect. Also gotta love “Is that Glock in 47th!” lmao

Again, different criteria to what I was expecting. My top 3 would be Alonso, Vettel and Hamilton, with Rosberg in 4th. Car performance still goes a long way. Hamilton in terms of being consistently fast throughout his career for me earns him the 1st spot, however the driver that has reached the absolute peak of performance is Vettel in 2013. He's not as consistent as Hamilton has been, but that 2013 year, even if he had the best car, he still pulled feats that no other driver has done before or after him even with a greater car advantage relative to the competition. After Red Bull botched his strategy in Australia (where he started on pole and was pulling away with ease) and then later when he had a DNF while leading in Silverstone... If not for those two misteps which were not his fault, he would've gotten an all time absolute record of 15 wins in a season. 13 wins in a 19 race season is already phenomenal, and then those 9 in a row, which is a record we will probably never see beaten. He was just on his own element... His Singapore weekend in particular was just ridiculous, finishing over 50 seconds ahead of his teammate and over 30 ahead of 2nd place with a safety car in the middle of the race, IN THE DRY!!!

Pascal Wehrlein definitely should still be in F1. He always outperformed the car he was in and never should have been dropped tbh

1:09:54 not 100% but I remember Hamilton winning in Brazil 2018 not max

Maybe it's because I'm an spaniard, but it feels wrong to see Alonso behind Rosberg in this ranking. Don't think that at any point in his career Nico was rated as a better driver than Fernando

Thank you YT for bringing this video to my attention. Great stuff, subbed! Looking forward to catching up on the other rankings lists.

If Latifi was on this list, he would have definitely take the number 1 spot!

It's funny to see how some of these drivers fair in indycar. Like rosi well outclassing Chilton

I'll put Alonso in the 3rd position in the 2010s, Rosberg in the 4th position and Verstappen in the 5th in the 2010s. Verstappen is incredibily talented and he is doing a superb 2020 decade, but, prior to 2018, Verstappen have had an incredible talent, but was inconsistent and excessively aggressive, because that, the fair thing is put Verstappen behind Alonso and Rosberg. Otherwise, a great video, congratulations!

The little subtle jokes in this one are top notch. I did like it more in the other video when you would flash the drivers' names up on the screen in text. Can't wait for the next one in eight years time.

I would put Alonso ahead of both Rosberg and Verstappen, his 2012 run is much more impressive than 2016 Rosberg or 2021 verstappen

32:51 #forzajules This Wednesday marks 8 years since his inspiring monaco grand prix. Never forgotten 1989-2015

This is really good mate 👏, can we have the 2012 season for the HRT, Marussia and Caterham seasons as I really like these videos also Karthikeyan is a HERO 😂

Great video! Agree with every word.

The list is fairly accurate but Russell at 28 is just wrong. No way his performance in that one year, where Kubica even scored points, is above Trulli, Glock, Giovinazzi, Kovalainen, Petrov etc... no matter his junior record. Stoffek should be higher too.

Good that you got Kubica in the middle.. 1 of the stars of 2010, but then that Rally accident happened and in 2019 the return to Williams which was a disaster.. but .. that he returned was an enourmous archievement :) , 1 of his biggest of his carreer

I love how you had to emphasize the first time you got to say "1 point." with Sirotkin after having to say the same line over and over again.

1:10:30 Lewis was 22 when he made his debut not 23. thats the year he became champ. max will be 24 this year

Imagine ranking Max Chilton above Giovinazzi

The legend that is kamui kobayashi...love seeing him when he was with sauber....he would have the seat at toyota if toyota didn't leave f1....

Sorry but I can't get behind Alonso being 5th, and behind Max and Nico. If this js about how good drivers were in the decade, and not about numbers, Alonso absolutely was the better driver in the 2010s I love Max, and from 2015-2019 he did have some excellent seasons, but Alonso had two title challenges, and his 2012, 2014, and 2018 seasons were all at an incredibly high level - Max didn't have 3 seasons of that quality in the decade

Pretty good job, I bet this was damn difficult to do.

I was just about to link the interview from 2020 about nasr and you quoted it lol

Superb video, this is what I like, but to be fair, in both their whole careers then, I think Giovinazzi was a tiny little better than Ericcson

I'm sorry, but Ricciardo over Raikkonen, Bottas and Button is sacrilegious

Rip Jules bianchi he's a legend in F1 he just never got the chance to show it and I would never place albon ahead of jules

1:09:55 this incident actually cost him the win and was also in 2018 and 2019. In 2019 he did however have another awesome race win in 2019

Thanks a lot for the that outstanding list. I feel with you man. this probably took you quite some time. My top ten would be: 10.) Bottas, 9.) Räikönnen, 8.) Verstappen, 7.) Ricciardo, 6.) Webber, 5.) Button, 4.) Alonso, 3.) Rosberg, 2.) Vettel, 1.) Hamilton

19:24 Had this video running in the background while playing GMod and the loud-ness of this alert sound scared the shit out of me XDD

watching this after the 2021 season and that max review was hit head on 👏🏾

Alexander Rossi: Moved to IndyCar for 2016; went on to win the Indy 500 on his first attempt Andre Lotterer: Much better at endurance racing than Formula 1 Romain Grosjean: Lap 1 was not kind to him in 2012 Brendon Hartley: Two rounds in a row ended in accidents where he got taken out by a home driver (first Monaco's Charles Leclerc due to brake failure, then a lap 1 incident with Canada's Lance Stroll where Lance overcorrected an oversteer issue) Antonio Giovinazzi: the final corner at China was not kind to him in 2017 Charles Leclerc: Other than his home race, he tends to fare well if reliability is on his side Pastor Maldonado: Outside a surprising win in Spain, he's usually somewhere in a wreck Jules Bianchi: If it wasn't for the weather in Japan, he'd likely still be with us today Marcus Ericsson: Grosjean's engineer thinks Marcus hit the baguette Sebastian Buemi: Uh, Seb, front tyres... Kamui Kobayashi: If he's within range for it, _HAIRPIN TIME!_ Sebastian Vettel: Before the engine regs of 2014, he was kicking butt and taking names; he came back on the circuit like an idiot at Monza in 2019, which Lance Stroll did himself after his own spin Lewis Hamilton: The engine regs of 2014 were extremely kind to him, as Mercedes was more than ready Daniil Kvyat: If he's within range for it, _TORPEDO ALERT!_ Pascal Wehrlein: Monaco 2017 ended on his side at Portier after a bump from substitute Jenson Button Fernando Alonso: He really hated the Honda engines, which even took him out of the 2017 Indy 500 Stoffel "The Waffle" Vandoorne: "I got squeezed" Nico Hulkenberg: He just could not find the podium... George Russell: 2019 was not very kind, 2020 saw a crash at Imola and trye issues in a substitute drive on Sakhir's Outer Loop, and torrid weather enabled him to gain a podium at Belgium in 2021 Max Verstappen: Man, he's fast; a turn 4 incident on lap 1 between the Mercs helped him win on his Red Bull debut Carlos Sainz: Carlos check the radio, we seem to have picked up some dodgy music channel again Lando Norris: IT'S BROKEN!

I started with the most recent video, 1990's. Then 2000's now doing this vid the oldest. There's 96 rank drivers from the 90's not counting a handful of non starters. Bravo, what history and pictures.

Bruno Senna did get a fastest lap, at Spa in 2012.

I would have personally rated wehrlein much higher. Imo he was better at manor and at the end of the year I was shocked that Ocon got the call up to force India and he missed out

You said Karthikeyan was slow, slow drivers don't take pole positions Macau grand prix. He was quick but didn't had the financial backing required to race for good teams.

IMO, I would put Gutiérrez in the bottom 5 because he only scored points once with a car that was comfortably competitive in the midfield and Hülkenberg got 51 points with that same car. It was even worse in 2016, because while Grosjean scored 29 points, he scored nothing

Watching this video in 2022 is kind of a trip

the bit about max aged incredibly well

This list is amazing! I wish people would do stuff like this within the NASCAR community.

Pretty much perfect ranking, I found little to nothing to disagree with. Glad as Finn to see that in both 2000s and 2010s listing our drivers made it to top 10 :) I know there are many who would rank Kimi and Bottas maybe lower than in top 10 in 2010s but while neither of them belong in top 5, I think their results speak for themselves and they indeed deserve top be ranked in top 10. If we would take in Kimi's two last years with Alfa, then that might drop him out of top 10, but as it is those years ofc dont count in this. Hopefully with 2020s ranking we would see Tuukka Taponen there :D....if there is one upcoming Finn who can make it to the top of F1, its him. Not sure how much you know about him, but he won the karting world championship as the first Finn ever (not even Mika Häkkinen or Kimi could do that) and he is now part of Ferrari's young academy drivers and starts to race in F4 with Prema this year. If everything goes well, we could see him in F1 within next 4 to 6 years, depending on his results and the situation on F1 driver market of course. But so far it seems he is one of the best drivers of his own generation. Still so many young promising drivers have never made it to F1 or have had rather disappointing F1 careers so I try not to get too hyped about his chances :D

Not bad for a driver who first raced with HRT lol.

independent of the subjectiveness of it all i love how youre respectful to the drivers abd tries to be fair without trolling anyone

Brilliant video, completely disagree with Max's spot being 3rd, but none the less great video.

6:35 You got his name wrong, it’s supposed to be: “Will The Lad Stevens”

Magic

Being pretty new to F1, I found myself repeating Nicholas Latifi in the lower rankings without knowing when Latifi started.

"The fall of fernando alonso" HAHA, no he's still top tier, and also he was driving at his best.. since 2004, and even in 2023!

so you can be in the 40's of best F1 drivers of the 2010's and then go win indy500 in 2022. lol, Grats to marcus :)

idea: best f1 drivers of the 2020s (so far!) it would be interesting to see if the ramkings would change throughout the decade.

I know I'm late to the party here, but man did you do Gio dirty

«But fernando was faster than him» hahahaha

Verstappen higher than Alonso between 2010 and 2020? What a joke

Watching in 2022, and picture of Hulk in Renault, with Haas logo next to him gives me big smile 😁

17:44 so random pastor maldonado shots made me cry loool :D

I'm sorry, but if you're a 33 year old guy who hasn't driven a Formula 1 car in over a decade, come randomly strolling by and beat your established team mate by over a second in your debut qualifying, you can't possibly be the worst driver of the decade.

His car is one of the most unmatchable cars in history** fixednit for ya

You should do one of these for every decade of F1

First half of 2010 decade new drivers were less than promising, probably one of the worst era of rookies ever... Most of the drivers that made his debut from 2010 until 2015 or 2016 wasn't meant to be champion. Literaly nobody though they will make big things in F1. Maybe the exception was Bianchi, but he stayed very little until his crash... Thankfuly they didn't last long and the second half was full of promising drivers that are now doing great things

Alonso and Hamilton. Alonso was very near to win 2 championships with a Ferrari that wasn’t able to battle for the championship, specially in 2012

De la Rosa did have the fastest lap in Bahrain 2006

47:02 Yes, he will make a comeback for 2023 and will drive for Haas :)

I keep hearing names that show up in Indycar.

20:35 he's done a mazepin!

Vettel: Does the 2019 canadian gp thing

came here right after Max's 3rd world champions title

I liked that the image of hulk had a haas logo behind him, thats foreshadowing

Can you make an ranking of all 90’s drivers?

Good video~ Just one note ... There's no 'h' in Verstappen.

7th round of 2022 now and unless Mercedes and Hamliton can become a rocket again this year it seems like this generation is ending for good to give way to the likes of Max, Charles, George, for the years to come. Sure we will enjoy their races, but I grew up watching these guys, which is always special. I think some of the things I'll miss more about this decade are Hamilton's iconic yellow helmet driving for McLaren, Vettel being competitive, and Button's wet weather wins, something about those wins just stole my heart even as a neutral fan.

Μax is too high man. Like he's above Rosberg really?!

Not sure where you got your stats, but you got them wrong for Heikki Kovalainen. Races: 59 -> 112 (111 starts) Wins: 0 -> 1 Podiums: 0 -> 4 Poles: 0 -> 1 Fastest laps: 0 -> 2 Points 0 -> 105 Best finish: 12th -> 1st

Andre Lotterer is one of the best Racecar drivers of the 2010s. Shame he never got a break in F1. I know him, he is a really nice and charming guy, but he us utterly insane. Even for a racing driver. I even drove against him in Audi Roadcars. Let's just say it didn't go well for me.

1:01 gasly and perez both won races now what is their new ranks now?

Cant wait for 2020s. Is mazepin last or is it pietro or aitken?

Jolyon Palmer at # 50, I can hear Alonso shouting "KARMA!!"

i think i would have to put verstappen further down simply because this is the 2010s, a handful of race wins and an incredible red bull debut keeps him top 10 for sure but not top 3. I would slot him just behind alonso. he didn’t quite outpace daniel ricciardo well we wouldn’t know because of the aweful red bull reliability.

Alonso takes have aged like milk lol

Do one for the 90s

A lot of rankings are remarkably strange. Oddly Kimi's ranking is fairly close to mine (I rank him 7th or 8th for 2010s) because of his tricky return to Ferrari and general ageing. I hate Alonso, but he got done dirty here- he should've been at least 2nd for his fantastic consistency and outdriving bad cars (although his attitude out of the car and radio messages deserves criticism). Vettel was amazing at Red Bull, but his Ferrari stint lived up to that infamous Alonso BBC 2013 interview "if he's 4th, 5th or 7th, people will question how good he really is"- outstanding in a great car, average in a lesser car. Rosberg had a good career, but Schumi was way past it and Hamilton's 2016 was full of weird problems. Still, credit to him for capitalising upon Ham's bad days. But he was never particularly special. Verstappen is hard to judge because of his astonishing rise thru the ranks.

Where did Max "spin early on" in Brazil in that wet weather race though? He put it sideways almost in the wall, but that wasn't a spin... right?

Maldonado is way too low. For all his faults he WON a race, that puts him miles ahead of the next 20 drivers on this list.

Get in their George!!!

You were right! Nico did return in 2023.

42:04 he took out Alonso, Hamilton, Kobayashi, Perez and himself, not Maldonado

"No wins, no podiums, no poles, no points, no fastest laps" 😂