Ranking de Pilotos F1 tras el GP de los Países Bajos 2026: Las Calificaciones Secretas

Combine the sprint weekend format, the demands of the Zandvoort circuit, and rain just before the start - and the final edition of the Dutch Grand Prix (for the time being) had enough about it to properly test the Formula 1 field.

Who came out of that test unscathed and whose hopes were torpedoed? Here are Edd Straw's driver rankings from the Netherlands.

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How do the rankings work? The 22 drivers will be ranked in order of performance from best to worst on each grand prix weekend. This will be based on the full range of criteria, ranging from pace and racecraft to consistency and whether they made key mistakes. How close each driver got to delivering on the maximum performance potential of the car will be an essential consideration.

It’s important to note both that this reflects performance across the entire weekend, cognisant of the fact that qualifying is effectively ‘lap 0’ of the race and key to laying the foundations to the race, and that it is not a ranking of the all-round qualities of each driver. It’s simply about how they performed on a given weekend. Therefore, the ranking will fluctuate significantly from weekend to weekend.

And with each of the 11 cars fundamentally having different performance potential and ‘luck’ (ie factors outside of a driver’s control) contributing to the way the weekend plays out, this ranking will also differ significantly from the overall results.

PROS- His stunning pace on the hard tyres, which team-mate Oscar Piastri couldn't switch on, was key to his victory.- Razor-sharp in battle to take the opportunity to pass Kimi Antonelli when the pair were chasing the slower Lewis Hamilton.- Was the faster McLaren driver even compared to Piastri's best work.

CONS- Had a shot at sprint pole, but only produced what he called a "reasonable lap" to end up 0.041s behind George Russell.- Slipped from second to third in the sprint, although in mitigation his pace after being passed showed the rear tyre degradation was a problem.- Losing the lead at the restart from what he felt was the lower-grip pole position grid box after the red flag complicated his race.

Verdict: Probably his best grand prix win capped a strong weekend.