F1 2021 driver ratings so far (July 2021): Hamilton, Verstappen, Gasly

Nick Farrell
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It is once again time to hit the tracks as your favorite F1 racers, and F1 2021 promises to deliver the hype once again and all drivers on the paddock are going to have their own unique ratings. 

Formula 1 has excelled as one of the world’s most popular sports, as the high-intense racing features some of the premier athletes from all walks of life, and there is no better way to experience F1 than Codemasters version of the sport as a video game.

Once again they’re leading the helm for F1 2021, and this year’s title is going to offer some incredible features compared to its predecessor. However, as with sports games, fans are widely intrigued by the ratings they are going to give each driver.

Here are all the driver ratings in F1 2021 that we know of so far!

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F1 2021 is going to offer a brand new story mode similar to other sports titles such as Madden and NBA 2K!

All F1 2021 driver ratings so far

Codemasters has finally released the stats for all 20 of the in-game drivers and some of them have some incredible ratings.

Numbers aside, once the game releases, it’ll be a case of testing out each of the drivers and finding out which one fits your style of driving best.

Keep in mind, these are the following attributes for F1 2021 and what metric Codemasters uses to grade each one.

  • Experience – A higher experience score will help players collect a greater number of ‘Resource Points’, used in the game to buy car upgrades.
  • Racecraft – A higher racecraft score allow the driver to unleash more effective overtakes.
  • Awareness – A higher score here will mean the driver is less likely to lose control of their car when the going gets tough.
  • Pace – Quite simply, the higher the pace score, the more rapid a driver will be throughout a race.

So, let’s take a look at all the driver ratings we know so far for this year’s group of racers coming to F1 2021.

Driver OVR Experience Racecraft Awareness Pace
Pierre Gasly 90  59  92  99 89
Yuki Tsunoda 82  46  88 78  86
George Russell 84  60  76  99 83
Nicholas Latifi 71  55  69  79 70
Kimi Räikkönen 87  99  91 84 86
Antonio Giovinazzi 79  54  82  82 80
Lance Stroll 83 62 93 82 82
Sebastian Vettel 89 91 93 87 88
Fernando Alonso 89 99 89 94 86
Valtteri Bottas 92 75 89 99 92
Charles Leclerc 88 62 88 87 92
Nikita Mazepin 67 47 65 78 66
Esteban Ocon 86 60 93 98 79
Sergio Perez 87 81 92 84 87
Daniel Ricciardo 90 80 94 91 88
Carlos Sainz 87 69 88 94 85
Mick Schumacher 76 47 65 81 83
Lewis Hamilton 95 92 94 89 98
Lando Norris 91 60 96 99 89
Max Verstappen 95 69 96 96 97

So there you have it, we now know all of the driver ratings ahead of the release of F1 2021 on July 13.

In the end, Hamilton and Verstappen both recieved an overall rating of 95 which will be no surprise to F1 fans. Now, it’s just a case of waiting until the game launches and trying out each of the drivers for yourself.

About The Author

Nick is a former Dexerto Games Writer based in Newfoundland, Canada, who covered a wide array of games and esports. Nick has published bylines at multiple outlets such as G FUEL, NME, Gfinity.