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Sports Illustrated
Zach Koons

F1 Drivers’ 2025 Power Rankings: McLaren Duo Reigns As Nico Hülkenberg Makes Massive Leap

McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates after winning the Monaco Grand Prix alongside teammate Oscar Piastri, who finished third. | Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters via Imagn Images

Twelve of the 24 races on the 2025 Formula One schedule are in the rearview mirror as the traveling circus makes its way to Spa this weekend for the Belgian Grand Prix. The summer break may still be two weeks away, but at the exact midpoint of the race schedule, it feels appropriate to again take stock of this year’s drivers.

Sports Illustrated released the first set of 2025 power rankings back in April, ahead of the Miami Grand Prix—and plenty has changed since then. Though McLaren teammates and championship frontrunners Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris continue to lead the pack, there’s been a lot of jockeying for position behind them. Whether it be a Ferrari driver on the rise or Nico Hülkenberg climbing his way up in a Sauber, here’s how the pecking order stacks up at the halfway point:

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