Ranking the top 10 Formula 1 drivers of 2024

There was one standout driver yet again in the 2024 Formula 1 season, but the debate for second best was extremely close in our ranking – with several others gaining or losing on very narrow splits too. Check out our top 10 below

As the 2024 Formula 1 season heads to the history books, we can reflect on an undulating, action-packed campaign for the driving cohort. These superstars again thrilled and spilled – embodying perhaps best why motorsport appeals to so many.

Arguably the peaks of some drivers have never been higher than in 2024, but when compiling this list it was notable how some of them – even those that achieved the most success – really did have considerable lows too.

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Alex Kalinauckas

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.