P1 with Matt and Tommy - Our 2024 F1 Driver Ratings: P12–P1

Episode Date: December 23, 2024

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the B1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. We are here to reflect on the final part of our 2024 average grades for the F1 drivers across the entire season. No recency bias here. Just full numbers, averages, maths, Tommy. I hated maths at school. But we've put it all together and we've got the top 12. We have. And of course, as we know from our YouTube comments, they are all absolutely correct.

as well. Yeah, they are. They're not opinion. They are fact. This is factual evidence that we are putting to you right now. So, let's dive straight into it, shall we, and begin with P-12. For me, Franco-Colapinto. Six-point-eight average grade. He had a best score of 10 in Azerbaijan, where we scored points, of course. And then a four in Brazil, where maybe I should have been given him a bit slightly harsh a grade there, but considering what happened. But either or, you know, it was a crazy race, was Brazil. ill. And nine races, Colapinto did. So Colopinto had a fair amount of time to get used to the car, get used to Formula 1. He came in with a bang and left with a sort of just show me out, see you later, take care, quite quiet. When I say quiet, I mean, in terms of damage, it wasn't quiet.

But in terms of great, great, a literal bang into. Yeah, a literal bang rather than a, wow, that was really good because you got what, 4-555-5 as the final four races of the year. But did he show enough? I think so. 8-10-99 in the first four races. He needs more time under his belt, for sure. He deserves to be on the grid.

The fact that he had this opportunity out of nowhere and took it with both hands, I commend him. So fingers crossed for 26, I imagine, he will be on the grid. P12 for me is also Colopinto with 6.7. average score. Again, yeah, best Azerbaijan,

worse, Brazil and Qatar. And yeah, it was a very, well, in his short nine races, it was a tail of two halves really because he started off

eight, ten, nine and nine. And if he carried on that, he would literally be the driver of the year with his average scores. But unfortunately for him,

I think the, you know, the crashes that he had in Brazil, put a lot of pressure on Williams, and then for him to have that mistake again in Vegas was gutting because there was so much hype around him. There was talk that Red Bull might even try and poach him and all this kind of stuff.

And I do think he has a lot more to show. I think the fact that he came in and did the job that he did, he did a great job. And I think a lot of the, take the crashes out of it I think a lot of it towards the end was just the fact that...

Take all the crashes out all of them. It's only two crashes I mean Logan had like 17 or whatever it was so take the take those couple of crashes that he had out

towards the end of the season I think it's more like you know where he was finishing in the races and stuff was due to the fact that either he was being taken out by Piastri or Holkberg

or you know the fact that the car was kind of glued together and we're joking that it's a Papi-Mashe car or whatever and he definitely crashed more than twice by the way he crashed twice in Brazil weekend alone so

okay three crashes just wanted to throw in some facts you know you were going to say nine not ten yeah so his three crushes his three crashes yeah was obviously not good but I think the way he drove was

commendable and I think for me, I think it's been one of the most kind of wholesome stories of the year when he first came in and we saw kind of how much sort of the fan base he bought and everything like that was a really cool story for Formula One. And I think, you know, that was something that was really awesome. So it's a shame that his career ended because I'd love to have seen him in Formula One next year. His career has ended? Paused. It's paused.

Yeah, sorry. It's not the end for Colinso. Well, he's not going to drive next year as well. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah. But just in case anyone think he's not left, he's not going to go and study finance or business. He's banned from competing in Formula One. He'll be back.

I am very, very sure of that. Let's go to P11 then. P11 is Fernando Alonze. 6.9. He's not even made the top 10. Not a top 10 driver in my book. Your go. He's a top 10.

That's crazy. Which is crazy, actually. Very surprised. best score nine in Saudi nine in Japan nine in Canada nine in Belgium nine in Azerbaijan

nine in Singapore nine in Qatar which makes me think that and I'm I'm fully blaming Stroll for this I love how it's Stroll's fault

exactly it's it's fault that maybe he has some of those could have been tens but because of his teammate being so poor

you're kind of like has he delus? delivered the greatest drive of all time or has he just put that car where it is? And he's done a very good job in a lot of races. Of course, his worst ones were, was Imola for sure, where he had an absolutely shocking weekend. But more often than not, he gets the most out of the car,

and that makes him incredibly difficult to rate when his teammate is driving into gravel traps on his own. My P-11 is Lewis Hamilton with a 6.8 average gravest. This is quite surprising to see him so low down, but also not in some ways. It was definitely not a season to really remember for Hamilton. Outqualified by Russell quite comprehensively this year. And he just always put himself on the back foot for the races.

Sometimes he would deliver some masterclasses. The whole meme of put George Russell on pile, Hamilton in the back, they'll finish together. It happened many times. But Hamilton on a Saturday just kept letting himself down. down there. And I think that's where he's finished 11th in these driver ratings. And there have been some standouts, of course, this year. And Hamilton hasn't really been them apart from,

I've been one of them apart from obviously Silverstone. Spa was another one where I gave him a couple of tens, obviously. And then towards the end of the season, of course, with Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi as well. We scored a couple of nines. But he followed that with threes in Brazil and Qatar. And there were some poor performances there, which you don't expect Lewis Hamilton to deliver. So P-11, yeah, it seems harsh.

It does feel a little bit harsh, but that's the beauty of driver ratings and the average grades across the whole season. Let's go to P-10 then. And mine is Fernando Alonzo, who is a top-10 driver in my book, with a 6.9 average grade, which is exactly the same grade as you gave him.

And interesting, yes. So I gave him a nine in a lot of races, but also a two in Imala. That was a very weird weekend for Alonzo. I don't know. He literally looked like he'd forgotten how to drive, to be honest with you. Austria gave him a three. So there's a couple of pretty poor weekends for Alonzo.

But overall, it's a top 10. At this point, drivers have performed pretty well. They're just not right at the top and have taken all of the plaudits and the trophies home. But it's been an all right season for Alonzo. he's not had the car underneath him and he's not been able to shine as much as we've seen last year in particular.

So I'm not surprised, yeah, I think P10 kind of matches up where he sort of deserves to be. My P10 is Pierre Gasly with a 6.9. Best score is actually got four tens. Very impressive. Spain, early on in the season. Netherlands.

and of course the end of the year he had he got a 10 in Brazil and Qatar but also drove brilliant races at the end of the season and got really good grades which I'm sure has bumped his score up massively

because at the start of the year him and Ocon were both getting kind of five and sixes every week and we're going when Alpine were at the back and we're kind of going are they getting the most out of it

I think Ghazley don't get me wrong he has been fantastic and he's deserved the plaudits he's getting at the end of the year and now he's confident in the car. He deserves those grades, but I've seen some people putting him as high as fifths, fifth and sixth, which I think is far too high.

When you look at the whole season, it didn't start off as well for him. Yeah, you look at the start of the season 4-5-5-5, when it was actually Ockon, was the one that was getting the best out of that alpine, but towards the end of the year, Gassley was just absolutely superb. and since the upgrades, he has been one of the best drivers, has to be said.

It's got a P9 then. P9, I have Lewis Hamilton, with a score of 7.0. Best score, of course, unsurprisingly, was the two wins, actually, Silverstone and Spar. Worst score, Cota. I think Hamilton's kind of year where he's obviously far down in our grades and I think for a lot of people as well. You know, I don't think you can say that Hamilton's not had a poor year, but the fact that, you know, he still won a couple of races and put in some

brilliant drives just shows the kind of the expectation of Hamilton that even when he's done that, he's still, you know, struggling to get into the top 10 drivers of the season in terms of performance and how you would actually look at. every driver and how they've done. So yeah, it's like you said, it's all qualifying really. That has been, you can't fault his racecraft and we've seen that and we saw exactly what he did in the final race of the season where he came through the field. But so many times his qualifying has just been so poor and it just puts him on the back foot

compared to his teammate and he has to, you know, spend most of the race trying to get through. then he's run out of laps before he can get a better result. P9 for me is Pierre Gasley with a 7.0 average grade, gave him three tens across the year. And this is an absolute tale of, I wouldn't say, two halves, perhaps like the first third really letting him down, 45555575, and then he went on a run of really good performances, 889, from Monaco to Spain. And then of course, towards the end of the year as well, Gassley really just flew up the average grades. I'm sure he was towards the bottom after the first sort of five, six races.

And I don't even, it's just something clicked with Gassley. Of course, upgrades came to the team. The Alpine did get better. But it feels so long ago now that you think that they were at the back at the beginning of the year. So huge props to the team for fixing whatever problems they had. And for Gassley in particular for just taking the opportunity with both hands. showing that he is still that great driver that we came to sort of know and love in previous seasons gone by.

Gassley was always that one to randomly just stick it third or fourth on the grid or whatever it might be. So good to see Gassley up in ninth. Let's go to P8. It's Nico Holcomburg with a 7.2 average grade. I think a great season for Holcomburg. I scored him a 10 in Austria, Silverstone and Vegas. All big points finishes.

Sadly, no podium's just yet. A worse score of a three in Italy, where he finished 17th when KMAG was cooking. And then of course in Brazil as well, where we had to give him a three, but also it was quite unlucky in how Hulk and Perk's race ended, sadly. So overall, Hulk can be very, very proud of his season to be in the top eight in such a crazy, chaotic, multiple race winner season. Hulk next year, I hope it's not a terrible car. because he's off the back of a great season and that's why he's P8. P8 for me is also Nico Hockenberg

with a score of 7.0. He's putting some amazing drives and it's been good to see because last year, of course, he had those amazing qualifying performances and the Hasse was just unable to deliver anything in the races. But now they've kind of sorted that problem out.

Hulkemberg has had so many races where he's delivered big points finishes for Hasse you know, Austria and Silverstone are the ones where he got a 10 from me. Still has had some poor races, which has maybe kind of put his grade down quite a bit. You know, Brazil is a great example where you think that should have been a track that surely, you know, he thrives at and conditions that he's normally been so good at, you know, nearly won in a Force India there. but a difficult, difficult race for him. And even Holkenberg, you look at his results from the season

and he's had loads of 11th places as well. So, yeah, he's got a lot out of that car for most weekends. And now goes to Salba. So good luck with that, hopefully. How'd he a better for him? Okay, and it's got a piece seven then. My P7 is George Russell with a score of 7.5. His best score, of course, was Austria,

where he inherited a win, but I think still drove superbly well. Belgium, of course, he got disqualified, but like we said at the time, he was going to win that race. You know, you put however many grams it was or whatever weight that he was. a buy. It was still a superb drive to deliver so I couldn't give him anything other than a 10

and Vegas brilliantly won as well. The worst grade I gave him was actually a four in Australia where he crashed on his own. But of course that was Fernando Alonzo's fault according to the FI stewards. And yeah, George Russell's had a good season, the fact that he's, you know, to be against Lewis Hamilton and how he's delivered against him under, you know, could have been huge pressure, the fact that he's gone alongside him. We saw what happened with, um, with Bottas and how he, he struggled alongside Lewis Hamilton. So for George to come in, uh, beat him.

You know, that's the second time in, in three seasons now of the being teammates that George has beaten him. And, you know, it has to be said after last, last season was quite a worry of how, you know, how his season went this year he's absolutely turned it around. And I think you would have couldn't believe to have ended up with a couple of victories, to be honest, based on how Merck have been since those new regs coming in. P7 for me is Oscar Piastri with a 7.6 overall grade. Might come as a bit of a surprise to some people.

of course Piastri has had a great season of course he's a race winner, a multiple race winner now. For me he's kind of been let down, I think at the, what I say let down, he scored four sevens out of the first five races for me.

And then towards the end of the year as well, it wasn't a strong one by any stretch of the imagination. There was six five, six five, eight six, with that string of races to the end of the season. So it's not surprising to me, of course, like if I go to my fourth place at seven, So it's literally 0.1 of a grade separating P7 all the way to P4. So it is very close indeed.

I think Oscar can be incredibly proud of his progress that he's making. It's the end of his second season. And he was in the Constructors' Championship winning car. He got a couple of wins under his belt. He's still got to improve his race pace over the course of the whole season. He had a sort of a stint where he went, okay, oh my God, he's fixed it. That's it. Oscar now knows tires.

We're all good. But then towards the end of the year, his pace sort of dropped off a little bit compared to Lando. And Oscar, as much as he's known as a one lap, like really good over one lap, he lost 24 to Lando this year in qualifying. So as much as he might have been close in qualifying and he still isn't getting knocked out in Q2 or Q3, perhaps that's where he'll sort of edge into the sort of top three, top four for next year if he can even that qualifying head to head out against Lando. because yeah, I do think Oscar is great over one lap, but he's just not had the upper hand against his teammate at many race weekends. It's interesting actually to look back on our,

we did obviously our mid-season driver ratings where we graded them. And Oscar, you know, was third in your mid-season and second in mind and kind of shows that he's had a bit more, despite getting that, obviously, the win in Azerbaijan, there's been too many races where, yeah, he has been slower than Lando, hasn't it? So it's interesting to see how much that's kind of dropped down and the kind of average has kind of worked out where he's kind of slipped down a bit more after starting so strong.

Exactly. And when we say slip down, I mean, I've got three drivers all on 7.6. P6, with also a 7.6, is Carlos Sines, who had a, 10 out of 10 of course for Australia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi. Got two wins out of those, of course. And then a two out of 10 for me for Brazil, where he crashed out on his own. But overall, I think Sines, he had a great season.

He's just one of those drivers that just, you know from FP1, it's clicked with him. And he is on the pace, if not quicker than Shal LeClair. Over the course of the whole season, Charles has had the upper hand. And I think the stats very much back that up in the head-to-head. but Signs is a great driver and Charles LeCler

in my opinion is one of the best drivers on the grid so for signs to be close is not something to be slanded it's something to still be celebrated because I think Science has done a great job and that's why he's sixth in my overall standings and tied with two other drivers on that score

so overall signs of course gutting to see him go to Williams but I think he's had a good 2024 a great 2024 six for me Olly Bearman 7.7 now of course Olli Bearman only doing three races

and of course we know that he's been the Super Sub has skewed his grading quite significantly the fact that he doesn't have you know like we mentioned with Ocon for example that a zero plummets your score so much and when you're having an average over 24 races

and you have three good races then of course your grade is going to be incredibly high so I think it's fair two good races and a poor race but you know I think I think it you know bearman is not the sixth best driver of the year but on average of course that that's where he's been and I think it just shows that the bearman's come in and done a very good job he's been a sub for you know two different teams Saudi was absolutely brilliant for him to come in so late and a track like

Saudi as well for him to deliver that drive. The pressure of Ferrari to score the points that he did and help them in that Constructors' Championship fight and bag some Constructors' points for them has to be massively commended. And then, of course, when he was a sub again for Hass, did an unbelievable job there as well. That was Asperian. Yeah, where he beat Holcomburg on the road.

So again, another brilliant performance from him. Unfortunately for him, particularly as if he hadn't have had this race, he would probably be the driver of the year, was Brazil where he was spinning off a fair few times. But, yeah, Bearman's done a brilliant job and it absolutely deserves to be on the grid next year just from those performances that he's had. Cool. Let's go to P5 then.

P5, Carlos Sainz. 7.7 out of 10. His best scores were of course Australia and Mexico his victories but he has had some some bad races as well Canada and Brazil where

he's crashed out and Carlos I think is a brilliant teammate to Charlotte Claire he's not quicker than him over a season but he is there to bag that team so many points in the Constructors

Championship you know and I think you're absolutely right just the fact that he's not on charlerclair's level that's incredibly highly rated but you know not far off it's not something to be slanted at all it's brilliant and there's no way said it again and again and again should not be driving a williams next season with with the talent that he's got and it was a good season for from sights and have to say it ended the season really strongly as well which is which is obviously a nice thing when I think he soaked it in, didn't he, and thought, you know, this might be the last time that I'm driving for this legendary team

or doesn't know when he's going to win again. So, of course, Mexico was a big, big moment for him and meant a lot to him. Okay, let's go to my P5. George Russell, 7.6, again, average grade over the season. My best scores for him, 10 in Austria, Belgium and Las Vegas. and a four out of ten for Italy, where he was way off of Hamilton in P7. But overall, I think Russell's had a brilliant season.

He has, especially in qualifying. What he potentially lacks slightly in race pace, he makes up for on a Saturday, Mr Saturday and all of that banter from Williams, it translates into the Mercedes car as well. And he kind of goes about it. You have, of course, a lot of Hamilton fans defending Hamilton, Lewis has had his own struggles, absolutely, whether it's with the car, whatever it might be.

But that shouldn't take away from what Russell has achieved this year. And of course, there's been other highlights and moments that have been off track, which isn't factored into these driver ratings. But overall, I think Russell will look back on the 2024 season pretty happily, to say the least. And as you mentioned, Tommy, to beat Hamilton two out of three seasons is not something to be, not something to turn your nose up at for sure. So Russell, he'll be taken over the team leader role next year. Going up against Kimmy Antonelli, I fully expect him to beat Antonelli quite comprehensively

next year. And he's had a, he's had a very good season to give him some momentum into 2025. So congrats, George. It's going to be four, where I went for Olly Bem, 7.7 average grade. And I went for. I did. I went for it over the course of the whole season. Yeah.

Olly Beerman's 7.7 average grade. I gave him a 10 in Saudi, a 5 in Brazil. Of course, there's three grades. So, Olly Behrman's chilling in P4. He shouldn't be there. You know, what's the Poli Bear doing and whatever? Polo Berman. Oh, that's why it went into my head.

That's really, okay, wow. I wondered why that meme was in my head. But yes, Behrman, P4. I think when he actually isn't a super sub, I genuinely believe he is a star of the future, for sure. he, even in the practice sessions that we saw when he was testing for Hass, he was there with Holkenberg or Magnuson, whoever he was up against. And I firmly believe that Bearman is going to be a really, really fascinating driver

to see how he progresses. So he doesn't deserve to be in P4, but that's the way the averages work. So well done, Beeman. P4, I've got Oscar Piastri with a 7.7. again, I mean, exactly the same grade as science. I think if I was, of course, doing it myself, I'd have put science ahead of Piastri over the year, but that's how it's worked out with basically the grades that I've given him,

and I think he's got more nines and science. So, yeah, Piastri gave him a 10, Miami, Hungary, Azerbaijan, it drove superbly. Worst score, four in Mexico, where he was just completely off the pace. and again going back to the ratings at the start of the season he was actually second in my mid-season ratings but the end of the year hasn't been as good as the start he's still in his second season

and has drove incredibly well to get the victories that he's had absolutely would have taken it and of course done well enough to help McLaren win the constructors but I do think there's more from him that we will see next year and yeah it's a good good season from from Piastri

right podium time Tommy first spot on the podium P3 I have Lando Norris with a score of 8 out of 10 average for the whole season no surprise

his tens were Miami Netherlands Singapore Abu Dhabi all his victories West score was a five in Belgium, Brazil, Qatar, where of course, he's made mistakes. I think Lando season will always, you know, it will be looked back on as what might have been

with the driver's championship, of course, but he has been, in my opinion, so unfairly criticized in terms of like his pace and, you know, you can't put him any lower than a top three driver this season with how he's done. at the end of the day, yes, he's made mistakes under pressure and should have won the driver's championship, in my opinion, in that McLaren. But the reason he should have won it is because he has the pace to do it. And that's on him and his ability himself and the speed that he has to do it. Because, of course, you know, he's finished a long way ahead of Piastri in the end.

And yeah, it's just that unfortunately for him the mistakes of, cost him. But it's still a fantastic season and to think that Lando hadn't won a race before coming into this season, he wouldn't have expected to be in this championship fight, of course. And yeah, he's done a brilliant job. My P3, Charler, 8.1 average grade. And you call me the LeCle fanboy on this podcast. Charle, of course, another fantastic season, absolutely a top three driver just narrowly missing out on runner-up in the driver's championship, nearly getting Ferrari the constructors as well, just with the consistency with both signs and LeCler.

They were just always there scoring points, even if the car wasn't fastest at many times this year for Ferrari. But of course, he gets a 10 in Monaco, Netherlands, Italy and Cota, and a worse score of four in Silverstone. I think on reflection, he definitely deserved a 10 in Belgium as well. maybe he would have beaten Norris, who knows, for my P2. Oh, spoiler alert. But yes, I think overall, I am very happy with how Charle-le-Cleur's performed this year.

And if Ferrari, just a couple of tweaks, get a couple more tents a lap, we'll be cooking. And I'm ready to see it. But, yeah, Charles, P-3, and that's where he finished in the drivers as well. P-2. Lando Norris, with an 8.2 average grade. So just 0.1 ahead of Charle-Cle for me. and Norris, of course, getting tens, Miami, Netherlands, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and then sixes in Belgium, Brazil and Qatar. Yes, he has been criticised, but that's what happens when you're fighting for a world championship.

The cameras are on you, the focus is on you, everybody is watching the Vastappan versus Norris battle. And Norris is the one that gave us any hope of a championship fight. So that's why he's P2 is because he has been delivering. He's taken that McLaren to the level where, you know, we're going, oh, McLaren's the best car. But, you know, he's still beating his teammate in the qualifying 24. And overall, Lando learned a lot this year.

And I still, you know, even seeing the average grades, everyone's saying, oh, I made mistakes. I still think he was the second best driver comparable to Charles LeClaire, maybe third. Those two, both deserving P2 in my opinion. but Lando he's going to learn he's going to learn more for sure

I'm convinced of it he has still got the upper hand over Piastri how long for we'll see because Oscars of course only had two seasons but for now 8.2 second place

congratulations Lando you probably don't care because it's second and not first but well done anyway P2 I've got Charlotte Claire with a grade of 8.1

so again just point one for me in it between P3 and P2 and P2, very close. Charles got a 10 for his victories in Monaco, Italy and Cota. But I also gave him a 10 at Spa and also Zanvort, where I think he basically, in my opinion, got the absolute maximum out of that car.

And that's something that Charlerclair, I think until actually quite late into the season where people have maybe realized just how good of a job Charleclair's done. and the consistency that is delivered. You know, if you take out that horrible run in the middle, where it just was a complete disaster, you know, there's few races that he had.

He's not finished lower than fifth in a car that's sometimes been third best. And yeah, he was so consistent at the start. His consistency at the end was brilliant, and he was the one that capitalised a lot when, you know, Monsa's a great example, you know, one of the drives of the year for sure where he's capitalised when McLaren should have been winning that race. And yeah, I think it's only kind of taken to the end of the season

where I think a lot of people have stood up and gone, oh yeah, the people that aren't doing average grades, for example, have gone, oh yeah, Shaw's actually had a really good year, I think with how close he actually ended up finishing to Norris in that championship in the end anyway. Right Tommy, hit us with your P1. I wonder who it might be. P1, it's Max Verstappen, 8.6 average score.

So quite the jump-up. I don't think this one is difficult to decide whoever you support and whoever you think. I think Vastappen's undoubtedly been the driver of the year, you know, he's won the championship in difficult circumstances. Of course, he had the car

at the start of the year to dominate those few races. But when he had to dig deep and deliver consistency when the car wasn't there, some of those races he was driving the third or fourth best car and he was still bagging amazing points. And then the drive in Brazil is something that would be remembered forever and ever in Formula One. From me, he got a 10 in Bahrain, Saudi, Japan, China, Imla, Canada,

Spain, Singapore, Brazil. and Qatar, but yeah, his worst scores were Mexico and Abu Dhabi, where of course he went over the line with his moves and proved to everyone that he has not calmed down despite what people thought. But yeah, an unbelievable season from Maxis Dappen to win the championship by that many points in the end when he had the car that he had for me. much of the season.

And of course, I know Perez has done badly, but he's, you know, one of the drivers that's, you never see a guy

winning the World Championship when they're third in the constructors. So amazing for Max to deliver the season he's had. And my P1

is also Max Verstappan. He pretty much wrapped up this season from Canada, I would say, in terms of the driver ratings because he had scored seven,

10 out of tens. at that point. So even despite a few very cheeky dive bombs, to put it lightly, and finishing off the season with a six out of ten, he still, for me, beat Norris by 0.3 of an average grade, which is a lot over the course of a 24 race calendar. But Max Rastappen, yeah, what, he's just delivered. And it's been a season that's even more impressive in some ways than last year

in the way that he has driven around a car that was an S-box for a lot of it. and he's turned it around with the help of Perez maybe sometimes when Perez has gone and done some testing in sprint races. But either or, he's managed to turn around a car in practice one way. You're like, oh, Red Bull are terrible. Okay, champions you're back on. And then Vosapen ends up finishing second or something. Oh, for God, this is the kind of thing that Max Vosappan does.

So not surprised. I wouldn't change it. Even if I had access to just doing it right now, Max Rassapen was the driver of the season. And he's also the champion. so it kind of clocks and works out. So there you go. The Beefy Boy is done.

The podcast of the average driver grades across the whole season done and dusted. Tommy, if you were to choose one driver to pick, to change their position, who would it be? That's your final thought. Yeah, I've thrown that to you out of nowhere. You didn't know that was coming. I didn't. Who you're going to go for? I mean, I think I would put, I'd put science, I'd put science in P4.

I think he was the fourth best this season, in my opinion. Okay, for me, I would put Ockon from 18th all the way to about 14th or something. I don't think he deserved to be that low down, but as I say, it was literally 0.1 of a grade separating all those drivers. Keeping the go, Olly Bell and P4, of course. Obviously. that's harsh to downgrade him. Imagine that's the one I'd change is the silly three driver grades.

But anyway, okay, thank you everybody. We'll see you very soon for another podcast, but that pretty much wraps up all of our review stuff now, doesn't it? It does. This might, I think this is the last, could well be the last podcast of Christmas.

Or Christmas? The year, yeah, so. Well, probably might be telling us. No, well, last podcast, maybe we've got another video of them coming out with highlights and stuff. Wow. 24 Tom Bellingham, the last one right now. Goodness gracious, make, how do you feel?

Yeah, I mean, it's been an unbelievable season. I'm sad to be sort of like wrapping up on what's been amazing season that we've had so much to talk about, which is, of course, always what you want in a podcast. And yeah, everyone's support this season, the fact that you stuck with us through that, the previous season. and we've been rewarded with that. And of course, drive ratings as well.

We mention it every single time because it's the one of the series that does get a few comments, shall we say. But thank you to all the people that mention it on live shows or like the videos to make sure that we're still not washed and people are enjoying that series. Because I like doing them as well, despite all the comments. We love the comments. It's all good.

All a discussion, and we're all Formula One fans enjoying the best sport in the world. So thank you, everybody, for getting involved in driver ratings across the year when you do the fan stuff as well. And we will see you next time. Lots of love. Take care. Sweet dreams. Adios. Goodbye.

Goodbye. My chore to you is to close some tabs, okay? Like, there's far too many tabs right now. I can see it. I can see you. You've got 27 tabs open right now. Give that poor computer a rest. It's tired.

Exactly. All the critical. Christmas ideas. Just decide on something and close them. Exactly. Bye. P1 is a Stack production and part of the ACAST creator network.