F1 25 Initial Driver Ratings Unveiled: Do You Agree?

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The official launch day driver ratings for EA Sports F1 25 are out, and with several newcomers to the grid, they are sure to cause hot debate. Do you agree with Adriana Bravo, the so-called "Chief Ratings Officer?"

As we have learnt in the past, F1 25 will see an overhauled My Team mode. Players will be booted from the driver line-up and instead make their way to the management team. That leaves space for not one but two AI driver slots to fill, and so Driver Ratings are supposedly more important than ever.

Well, with the game just a few weeks away from its 30 May release, it is time to start planning your My Team line-up as EA and Codemasters have unveiled the initial Driver Ratings for F1 25 launch day. Whether you agree with them or not, these are the ratings you will have to deal with upon the title's launch.

Verstappen Tops the Charts in F1 25​

As expected for the official game of the 2025 Formula One season, last year's championship winner, Max Verstappen still tops the Driver Rating standings with a near-perfect overall score of 95 out of 100. The Dutchman tops the table for both Pace and Racecraft, the latter of which he showed off well at the Miami Grand Prix last weekend ,holding off the pair of McLarens for several laps.


Much like the top spot, the rest of the table is all very expected until you step outside the Top 6 with current Championship leader Oscar Piastri getting a score of 87 out of 100, no doubt influenced by his lack of Experience. On the contrary, experienced master Fernando Alonso sees his rating as placing him above Australians, once again thanks to an Experience Rating of 99.

Rookie F1 25 Driver Rating​

The big talking point going into F1 25 will be the position of the five Rookie drivers for the 2025 season. Oliver Bearman and Gabriel Bortoleto both get 74 on the Driver Rating scale, while the now-outed Jack Doohan sits on 73. Miami Sprint Race pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli comes in with the second-to-last Driver Rating, while Isack Hadjar brings up the rear.

Here is how the remaining F1 25 Driver Ratings settle out as we look forward to the title's launch come the end of the month.

DRIVER
Experience
Racecraft
Awareness
Pace
OVERALL RATING
Max Verstappen
87​
96​
85​
96​
95
Lando Norris
81​
89​
80​
94​
91
Charles Leclerc
81​
95​
93​
90​
91
George Russell
81​
92​
84​
90​
90
Carlos Sainz Jr.
87​
96​
88​
88​
90
Lewis Hamilton
98​
90​
90​
87​
89
Fernando Alonso
99​
90​
81​
87​
88
Oscar Piastri
72​
92​
86​
87​
87
Pierre Gasly
82​
88​
79​
86​
86
Esteban Ocon
81​
86​
79​
85​
85
Nico Hülkenberg
87​
86​
85​
82​
84
Alexander Albon
81​
82​
78​
85​
83
Yuki Tsunoda
77​
78​
77​
85​
82
Liam Lawson
54​
76​
75​
85​
80
Lance Stroll
83​
81​
78​
76​
78
Oliver Bearman
52​
84​
65​
73​
74
Gabriel Bortoleto
50​
76​
68​
77​
74
Jack Doohan
51​
71​
67​
78​
73
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
50​
67​
79​
76​
72
Isack Hadjar
51​
66​
65​
72​
68

Do you agree with the Launch Day Driver Ratings in F1 25? Let us know in the comments and join the discussion in our F1 series forum!
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Lawson much, much too high, Russell should be ahead of Leclerc, Antonelli deserves to move up, although I suppose experience isn't on his side. I also think Piastri should be ahead of Leclerc, and Ocon is much too high. I don't think EA have been watching the F1 this year..
 
If you pay attention to how and according to what formula your rating in the game grows after each practice, qualifying and race, the whole table looks right.
 
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This just highlights to me the concept of a static rating is like saying the weather for a year is going to be orangish-bluey-grey.

These ratings should evolve and they should adjust for real world associated racing desires after each real world race. Ratings should be accurate measurements or representations at a single point in time.

And these things still seem vague AF? How do any of these determine how well one defends a position, or how well one attempts overtakes, successfully, or not so much. what about tire management, is that pace? or experience, or awareness? What about conditions? Some are much better in the wet, some can't make it to the starting grid in the wet. Is that racecraft? or maybe overall?

This oversimplification of what really makes racing racing and a driver a driver seems archaic AF. Permeating far too frequently in silly spaces and far too far.
 
I'd actually put Piastri higher than Lando, and Antonelli got absolutely robbed with that joke of a rating. I'm sure it's hard to give realistic ratings when it can be difficult to say whether the driver is better, or a better car helps a weaker driver outperform a better driver with a weaker car.
 
also
too much importance is given to "drivers experience"
it's not as close as important as pure speed or "racecraft".
funny expression huh gotta have something with witchcraft.
would be nice if we could cast a spell on some driver :cautious:
like Max has put something on Lewis this year
 

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