Once the first two days are over, let's see who the drivers with the highest and lowest scores at Fanta F1 are, with the complete ranking. These two weekends were used to study and experiment with some training based on the values seen on two extremely different circuits. In Australia, teams will be able to further evaluate the merits of their projects. The real competition will also start in Melbourne in the Fanta F1 NOW Community Club. In fact, from the third race, the scores will also start to count for the general ranking, to aim for winning the final prizes. Every point makes a difference and the choice of one rider or another can drastically cause you to slip and lose positions. The weekly rankings of Bahrain and Jeddah they saw a very tight competition among the Fantamanagers. Let's see who the best performing drivers are of these first two races and the total points achieved by each of them.
What these first two race weekends told us
We are only at the first two races and yet the scenario that lies ahead is that of a 2023 season in version 2.0, with a Red Bull almost unapproachable, with two consecutive doubles and with the rest of the grill rather compact. Although Max Verstappen managed to take pole and victory in both races, there is another team that has proven more consistent than the others, and this team is Ferrari. The absence of Sainz, replaced admirably by Oliver Bearman, probably cost the Maranello team a few more positions who could have finished in third and fourth position again. Thus strengthening its position as second force. A step forward considering last year's start.
With an even wider gap from Red Bull and Ferrari we find Mercedes and McLaren. More difficult for them to aspire to the podium. Piastri himself said it, who didn't expect anything more than P4 in Jeddah. Furthermore, the difficult situation of Mercedes, dealing with a difficult separation from Lewis Hamilton, makes the continuation of the season an unknown for the 7-time world champion. We remind you that from the third Grand Prix the prices of the drivers will also begin to change. In the middle of the group, we find a negative surprise in the RB Visa Cash App. Although there was even fear of an exploit by the Red Bull satellite team, the reality of the facts, or rather of the track, has brought to light defects that are compromising the first part of the season.
The drivers' ranking after the first two days at Fanta F1
The updated ranking after the first two races sees Max Verstappen in first position followed by Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz, who gave up his seat to Oliver Bearman in Jeddah. Two outsiders, Zhou and Sargeant, are in the top 10. Their bonuses for positions gained and for finishing last in the race help make them truly profitable. In the last positions we find Pierre Gasly, Tsunoda, Stroll, Magnussen and Bottas. They are the only 5 drivers to still have a negative score at Fanta F1. In the case of Gasly and Stroll, the DNF in Jeddah weighs heavily. Here is the complete Fanta F1 driver ranking, after the first two races:
- Max Verstappen 70 points
- Sergio Perez 37 points
- Carlos Sainz 35 points
- Charles Leclerc 32,5 points
- George Russell 28 points
- Oscar Piastri 23 points
- Guanyu Zhou 21 points
- Fernando Alonso 19 points
- Lando Norris 18 points
- Logan Sargeant 13 points
- Lewis Hamilton 11,5 points
- Nico Hulkenberg 10 points
- Esteban Ocon 9 points
- Alexander Albon 6 points
- Daniel Ricciardo 2 points
- Valtteri Bottas -2 points
- Kevin Magnussen -4 points
- Lance Stroll -5 points
- Yuki Tsunoda -5,5 points
- Pierre Gasly -10 points
