Who has been the best driver of the season in Formula 1? what is the top 10? If there is someone who can make this ranking, it is a team leader of the competition. Well, they have all carried out their classification and have left some curious data.
Yes, Fernando Alonso is there and not Esteban Ocon. Despite the fact that the Frenchman finished ahead in the standings, the team managers consider that he does not deserve to be in the top 10. The Spaniard is eighth ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas.
The other Spanish Carlos Sainz, is seventh. ahead are Lando Norris, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton.
On the podium a Mercedes, a Ferrari and a Red Bull. George Russell is third, charles leclerc The world champion is second and very prominent in first place Max Verstappen.
A classification that has opened many debates. It is not one of them who is the best pilot in the Grand Circus at the moment. Verstappen is a two-time champion and in this 2022 he has had no rival, especially after the middle of the season where he almost confirmed his championship.
Regarding the fight between Alonso and Ocon, despite the fact that the French has stuck out his chest on numerous occasions to defeat to his partner, the team leaders consider that Alonso has been far superior.
The reality is that the Asturian has signed one of the best years of his life. Only the lack of reliability of the Alpine has prevented it from leading the middle zone of the classification. A lack of reliability that Ocon did not suffer.
Humiliated by his peers
Ocon is also not in that top 10 in the voting of the pilots, who also put Alonso ahead. The Asturian has come out sixth in this vote, ahead of Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon, Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Pérez.
