F1 Drivers Tier List

F1 rankings are unfair by construction, because the car does most of the work. That is exactly why the interesting criterion is not wins but what a driver did in a bad season. Twelve names, unranked. Nothing is pre-graded: tiles wait in Unranked until you drag or tap them into S–F. Rows rename in a click and the finished board exports as a PNG.

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12 items pre-filled Sports template Nothing pre-ranked No sign-up

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Unranked (12)

Ayrton Senna

Michael Schumacher

Lewis Hamilton

Max Verstappen

Alain Prost

Niki Lauda

Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso

Jim Clark

Juan Manuel Fangio

Nigel Mansell

Kimi Raikkonen

How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.

What's included in this F1 Drivers board

The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.

How to rank this F1 Drivers board

Rank raw pace first, since it is the one thing that cannot be given by a car. Then weigh racecraft: overtaking, tyre management, and the ability to win a race that should not have been winnable. Third, judge how a driver handled a bad car — the clearest signal in the sport, and the reason several great drivers never won a title. Finish by normalising for era. Reliability, safety and the number of races per season all changed what a career total means, so compare against teammates and contemporaries rather than against a record book.

Using the board without over-thinking it

Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.

Ranking criteria used here

raw pace
racecraft
how they handled a bad car

Before you share it

Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.