# Who is the greatest Formula 1 driver of the hybrid era?

> Twelve seasons of turbo-hybrid engines produced two dynasties, one champion who retired on the spot, and a lot of drivers who only got the occasional Sunday.

*By YPB Team · Published September 27, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-formula-1-driver-of-the-hybrid-era*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Lewis Hamilton** — score 1000/1000
   Won six of his seven world titles with Mercedes between 2014 and 2020, the heart of the turbo-hybrid era.
2. **Max Verstappen** — score 944/1000
   Red Bull driver who won four straight titles from 2021 to 2024, including a record 19 wins in 2023.
3. **Sergio Pérez** — score 577/1000
   Verstappen's team-mate who won six races, including a first victory from last place at Sakhir in 2020.
4. **Lando Norris** — score 577/1000
   McLaren driver who won the 2025 world championship by two points.
5. **Oscar Piastri** — score 409/1000
   Australian who led much of the 2025 title race for McLaren before finishing third.
6. **George Russell** — score 409/1000
   Mercedes driver who took over as the team's leader after Hamilton left for Ferrari.
7. **Carlos Sainz** — score 409/1000
   The only non-Red Bull winner of 2023, at Singapore, and a winner for Ferrari in Australia in 2024.
8. **Pierre Gasly** — score 409/1000
   Won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix for AlphaTauri, one of the era's biggest shocks.
9. **Charles Leclerc** — score 409/1000
   Ferrari's pole-position specialist who won at Monza in 2019 and at home in Monaco in 2024.
10. **Daniel Ricciardo** — score 409/1000
   Late-braking Australian who won eight races, most of them for Red Bull in the Mercedes years.
11. **Kimi Räikkönen** — score 300/1000
   2007 champion who won the 2018 US Grand Prix, his last victory, at 39.
12. **Sebastian Vettel** — score 300/1000
   Four-time champion who led Ferrari's title challenges against Mercedes in 2017 and 2018.
13. **Fernando Alonso** — score 300/1000
   Two-time champion still scoring podiums for Aston Martin in his forties.
14. **Nico Rosberg** — score 0/1000
   Beat team-mate Hamilton to the 2016 title and retired five days later.
15. **Valtteri Bottas** — score 0/1000
   Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate for five seasons with ten Grand Prix wins.

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